ISO New England Cites "Deteriorating Resource Performance" in Announcing 2014 Regional System Plan
November 07,2014
ISO New England has issued its 2014 Regional System Plan, which provides information on electric power system needs; system improvements; and the results of newly completed load, resource, and transmission studies for reliably meeting demand throughout the region to 2023
In announcing the plan, Gordon van Welie, president and CEO of ISO New England Inc., said, "[T]he New England power system is undergoing a rapid transformation. This transformation is driven by retirements of generation and demand-response resources, causing the region to fall short of its resource target for 2017; deteriorating resource performance, creating reliability issues; and a lack of fuel adequacy, primarily due to natural gas pipeline constraints."