Press Releases

November 21, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) today released its 2024 Reliability Needs Assessment (RNA), which identifies a violation of reliability criteria in New York City in 2033 and highlights growing risks to electric system reliability statewide.

November 13, 2024 | Rensselaer, NY – Adequate supplies are in place to meet electricity demand under forecasted conditions for the coming winter according to the New York Independent System Operator's (NYISO) annual assessment, which also highlights future concerns, including declining reliability margins and fuel availability to the generation fleet.

October 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.

August 5, 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.

July 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.

July 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.

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

June 6, 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.

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.

April 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.

April 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.

March 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.

March 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.

November 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.

November 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.

November 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.

November 3, 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.

October 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.

September 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.

July 14, 2023 | Reliability margin deficit as large as 446 MW