New England regulators ask FERC to reject complaint targeting grid upgrade costs

摘要

Transmission owners and customers in New England were joinedby state regulators in urging the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission to reject a complaint targeting the direct assignmentof operation and maintenance costs for grid upgrades in the ISONew England region to new generators.The complaint (EL23-16), filed in December 2022 by arenewable energy and environmental advocacy group calledRENEW Northeast, argued that ongoing operation andmaintenance, or O&M, costs for grid upgrades have become a“significant burden” for many interconnection customers in thesix-state region.