NYISO PRESS

Nov. 27, 2018 | NYISO said Monday it would revise its carbon pricing proposal to enhance the bidding treatment for carbon-free resources and help prevent carbon leakage within its market.

Nov. 01, 2018 | Rensselaer, NY | New York State’s bulk power system as planned is adequate to meet reliability needs for the next decade, according to the New York Independent System Operator’s 2018 Reliability Needs Assessment (RNA).

Oct. 17, 2018 | Rensselaer, NY | The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Robert Fernandez, NYISO’s General Counsel, to be interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Oct. 04, 2018 | A report issued today on the State of the Eastern Interconnection, the collection of power systems serving two-thirds of the US and Canada, describes the coordinated planning undertaken to maintain the reliability of the bulk power system.

Sep. 18, 2018 | Given the urgency of the climate challenge, we commend New York ISO for undertaking this nation-leading effort to properly value generators' environmental attributes and achieve New York's carbon reduction goals.

Sep. 18, 2018 | The evolving challenges of grid resilience and the past and future of New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision took center stage at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s Annual Fall Conference on Friday.

Aug. 22, 2018 | Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared two years ago that New York would generate half of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030. The mandate has a catchy tagline to accompany it: “50 by 30.”

Aug. 17, 2018 | New York has set aggressive plans for developing its nascent offshore wind industry, targeting 2,400 MW of capacity by 2030, and announced last week it will be studying European offshore wind transmission models in an effort to benefit from advances made on the other side of the Atlantic.

Aug. 09, 2018 | New York power agencies and partners will be exploring offshore wind transmission options, focusing on large-scale projects in Europe, the state’s governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.

Aug. 09, 2018 | New York is charting its own course for integrating distributed energy resources into its grid, different from the path trod by states with already high rates of penetration, industry experts said this week.

Jul. 31, 2018 | The New York grid operator - NYISO - is piloting three distributed energy resource (DER) pilot programmes, designed to improve New York's energy infrastructure.

Jul. 26, 2018 | Demonstration of DER aggregations seek to expand market competition and improve New York's energy infrastructure Rensselaer, NY | The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) today announced the selection of three pilot projects to demonstrate the capabilities of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and options for their integration into its wholesale markets.

Jul. 10, 2018 | The plan supports Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's energy storage target of 1,500 MW by 2025, but several sources say the final plan could call for an even more ambitious target. Reaching that target, though, could involve challenges that are largely outside of the scope of New York energy agencies.

Jul. 03, 2018 | New York’s electric grid will have enough juice to meet the summer demand, according to the independent nonprofit that manages the power grid.

Jun. 28, 2018 | NYISO stakeholders on Tuesday again backed joint proposals by North America Transmission (NAT) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build two 345-kV transmission projects that could cost $900 million to $1.1 billion.

Jun. 21, 2018 | There's alot of uncertainty over the future of the NRG repowering project, but the organization that oversees New York's power grid wants to clear the air about the cost surrounding the project's interconnection page.

Jun. 20, 2018 | The impact of a carbon price would likely reverberate throughout New York’s wholesale electricity markets, industry experts said Monday. Carbon pricing could be “a real game-changer in terms of likely impacts on the market,” Couch White attorney Michael Mager said during a June 18 meeting of the state’s Integrating Public Policy Task Force (IPPTF).

Jun. 17, 2018 | I read with great concern Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello’s commentary “Grid authority casts a huge shadow” (June 10). The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) understands the county executive’s interest in the future of NRG’s Dunkirk facility.

Jun. 01, 2018 | Renewable energy, such as wind and solar generation, has been growing steadily in most parts of the world as consumers clamor for more environmentally friendly sources of power. The evolving power landscape is most apparent to independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs), the entities tasked with managing the electric grid.

May. 30, 2018 | Rensselaer, NY | The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today reported that electricity supplies in New York state are expected to be adequate this summer, with a total of 42,169 megawatts (MW) of power resources available to meet forecasted peak demand conditions.