Massachusetts AG Protested Energy Market Changes that Would Increase Costs for Winter Fuel Storage

APRIL 28, 2023

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell—along with the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, the New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate, and the Maine Office of the Public Advocate—protested ISO-NE’s proposed redesign of its Inventoried Energy Program that would result in higher energy prices for consumers and a potential windfall for oil resources. The program is designed to ensure winter reliability in New England by compensating generators that are able to store fuel onsite, and has been the subject of prior litigation, but according to the AG’s filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the costs of ISO-NE’s current proposed changes would far outweigh the benefits to consumers.