The New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) ROFR proposal comes as FERC is considering revising its rules governing transmission planning. Utilities want FERC to give them the right to build transmission lines in their footprints instead of opening those projects to a bidding process.
In New York, NYISO’s stakeholders were at odds over the issue, leading the grid operator to ask FERC last year to clarify whether utilities in the state have a ROFR when upgrades to their systems are included in transmission proposals from other companies.
