ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie briefed the NEPOOL Participants Committee on the RTO’s efforts to integrate state carbon policies into its markets.

State and federal regulators joined industry leaders at the New England-Canada Business Council’s (NECBC) 27th annual energy conference in Boston.

A new effort by the New England Power Pool could give ISO-NE’s most “senior” board members a longer shot at keeping their positions.

New England Power Pool stakeholders are discussing potential changes to ISO-NE wholesale energy markets to improve winter fuel security.

FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson said ISO New England (ISO-NE) needs to overcome its aversion to new energy infrastructure to avoid natural gas shortages in the winter.

ISO-NE power prices last year climbed from record lows, but they didn't recover by much after cheap natural gas and declining demand left them at the second-lowest level on record .

ISO-NE is racing to relieve natural gas pipelines constraints and interconnect new resources, CEO Gordon van Welie said.

Generators fared better during the early January cold snap than in the 2014 polar vortex, officials told Congress, but New England needs to take urgent preventative action.

Developing trust is vital for the project siting process, said panelists at Raab Associates’ 156th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.

ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie last week again defended the RTO’s capacity auctions to congressmen who say market practices have led to inflated electricity rates for New England ratepayers.