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PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Promotes Shaun Johnson to Vice President of Market Structures

Oct. 29, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today announced the promotion of Shaun Johnson to Vice President of Market Structures, effective December 1, 2024. Mr. Johnson will succeed Rana Mukerji, who currently serves as Senior Vice President of Market Structures.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Announces Interconnection Enhancements and Improvements

Aug. 05, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has launched a new interconnection process with significant improvements and enhancements, crucial for integrating a high volume of new generation facilities onto the grid.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Study Identifies Opportunities for Future Grid Investment

Jul. 25, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today released its 2023-2042 System & Resource Outlook (The Outlook), which provides a wide-ranging assessment of future transmission and generation investment opportunities driven by economics and public policy.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Forecasts Reliable Grid Operations During Hot Weather Period

Jul. 14, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – Today, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) reported that there is a sufficient supply of electricity to serve demand through the next several days of hot weather based on forecasted conditions.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Prepared for Statewide Heatwave

Jun. 18, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is prepared to meet anticipated electricity demand during the forecasted heatwave.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Releases Power Trends 2024

Jun. 06, 2024 | Annual publication from the New York Independent System Operator emphasizes maintaining reliability during the grid in transition Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today released Power Trends 2024, the company’s flagship publication that discusses the key issues and challenges shaping the grid of the future. Incorporating new data and metrics, the report also summarizes work by the NYISO to maintain reliability and advance competitive electric markets through the grid in transition.

PRESS RELEASE | Electric Grid Prepared to Meet 2024 Summer Demand

May. 17, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today reported that electricity supplies are adequate to meet expected summer demand under baseline conditions, but reliability concerns remain.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Implements Nation’s First Market Empowering Distributed Energy Resources

Apr. 18, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this week launched a first-in-the-nation program to integrate aggregations into the wholesale electric markets of distributed energy resources (DER), such as small-scale solar arrays, residential batteries, and electric vehicles. This follows approval of new market rules by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to implement the ground-breaking program.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Appoints Michael Crowe to Board of Directors

Apr. 16, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY -- The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced today the selection of Michael Crowe to its Board of Directors, effective April 16, 2024.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Releases Policy Brief Highlighting the Power of Markets to Attract Investment in Renewable Generation

Mar. 28, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has released a policy brief, How Competitive Electricity Markets Power New York State’s Clean Energy Goals. The paper discusses the power of competitive wholesale electricity markets to attract investment in cutting-edge renewable resources while maintaining system reliability. The NYISO is the independent, not-for-profit administrator of wholesale electric markets.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Announces New Renewable Energy Generation Records

Mar. 25, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY -- The New York Independent System Operator today reported that New York recently set new records for hourly wind and solar generation.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Issues Comprehensive Reliability Plan Detailing Reliability Risks Over the Next Decade

Nov. 29, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today released its 2023-2032 Comprehensive Reliability Plan (CRP), which highlights growing risks to electric system reliability, including: projected increases in peak demand due to electrification of the transportation and building sectors; additional generator deactivations; delayed implementation of planned infrastructure projects; and extreme weather. The CRP, issued biennially, sets forth a plan to maintain a reliable bulk electric grid based on expected changes and conditions over a ten-year planning period.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Identifies Solution to Solve New York City Reliability Need

Nov. 20, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today issued its Short-Term Reliability Process Report, which finds that peaker plants scheduled for retirement in May of 2025 must remain in service temporarily to keep the grid reliable in New York City. Peaker plants are relied upon as a last resort when consumer demand is highest.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Board Announces Forthcoming Departure of Roger Kelley After Eight Loyal Years of Service

Nov. 14, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY -- The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced today that Roger Kelley will not seek another term on the organization’s Board of Directors. Mr. Kelley will leave the board in April 2024 after a distinguished fifty-year career in the electric industry.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Announces Promotions in Market Design and Market Mitigation Departments

Nov. 03, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY -- The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced today that Shaun Johnson has been promoted to the role of Director of Market Design and Joshua Boles has been promoted to serve as the new Director of Market Mitigation and Analysis.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Announces New Wind Generation Record

Oct. 10, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY -- The New York Independent System Operator today reported that New York set a new record for hourly wind generation on Sunday, October 8. During the 3 p.m. hour that day, 1,939 megawatts were generated from 28 wind power facilities.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Board of Directors Names Emilie Nelson Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Sep. 27, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Emilie Nelson, currently Executive Vice President, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective October 1, 2023.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Study Finds “Reliability Need” in 2025 for New York City Region

Jul. 14, 2023 | Reliability margin deficit as large as 446 MW

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Announces New, Strategic Environmental Advisory Council Appointments

Jun. 22, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY -- The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is pleased to announce that Julie Tighe, Dr. Burçin Ünel, PhD, and Daniel Zarrilli, P.E. have been appointed to serve on the organization’s Environmental Advisory Council.

PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Board Selects Transmission Project to Deliver Offshore Wind Energy

Jun. 20, 2023 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced today that its Board of Directors has selected a transmission project to meet the Long Island Offshore Wind Export Public Policy Transmission Need (Long Island Need).

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