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The New York Independent System Operator Inc., a not-for-profit regional transmission owner, is responsible for operating New York's bulk electrical grid, administering the state's wholesale electricity markets, maintaining grid stability, and ensuring the reliability and planning of the state's bulk energy system.
The NYISO Operating Committee discussed the challenges it faced while successfully navigating through several events in January, including a major winter storm.
The New York Public Service Commission said the regulations it has approved will reduce permitting time for transmission projects by up to 50%.
New York is trying to strike a balance between economic development, grid stability and affordability as potential new large load customers look for electricity.
The average cost for electricity in NYISO was $201.89/MWh in January, up nearly 53% from January 2025 and possibly the highest ever for the month, the ISO reported.
The New York Public Service Commission issued new interconnection rules for distributed energy resource developers and utilities aimed at capturing as many expiring Inflation Reduction Act tax credits as possible for wind, solar and storage projects.
NYISO began what is expected to be a yearlong effort of revising its Reliability Planning Process at a Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee meeting.
New York generators had to rely on oil as gas was scarce throughout the Eastern Interconnection during the Jan. 25-27 winter storm, NYISO said in a preliminary analysis.
Rising electricity prices in New York are driven by the increased cost of gas because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War and increased LNG exports, according to a recent policy paper by NYISO.
NYISO staff presented more of their initial ideas for improving the Demand Curve Reset process, centered on alternative shapes, slopes and points of the curve.
After a decade of intensive policy work and billions of dollars expended, the state’s grid was more reliant on carbon-based fuels in 2024 than in 2014.
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