Commissioner Rosner’s Concurrence in Order Accepting Tariff Revisions re ISO New England Inc. under ER26-3533 et al.

Docket Nos. ER26-3533-000, ER26-3534-000

I write separately to commend ISO-NE on this first-of-its-kind proposal, which will bring much needed transparency to asset condition transmission projects across the region. 

States and consumer advocates have long voiced concerns about the need for additional transparency and scrutiny of these utility-planned projects,1 and ISO-NE listened.  In the context of growing demand and an aging electric grid, building trust and confidence in the need for infrastructure will only serve to expedite permitting and improve the likelihood that projects are ultimately constructed.2 

Here, ISO-NE worked constructively with stakeholders and the New England states to develop an uncontested proposal that advances those objectives.  I call on other regions to take note of this model and the spirit of collaboration that made it possible.

For these reasons, I respectfully concur.

• 1See e.g., The Connecticut Light & Power Co., 196 FERC ¶ 61,150 (2026). 
• 2 Id. (Rosner, Comm’r, concurring, at P 2).