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Power generators’ group briefs committee: market structure, storage and the high cost of transmission
Summary
The New England Power Generators Association told the committee merchant generators provide most regional capacity, described market-driven investment, highlighted growing storage opportunities and said transmission spending has become a major cost driver for ratepayers.
Representatives of the New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA) told the Science, Technology and Energy Committee that merchant (non-utility) generators supply the large majority of generation in New England and described how competitive markets shape investment decisions.
Molly Connors, an analyst at NEPGA, said the association represents about 27,000 megawatts of generating capacity across New England and that its members operate roughly 95 percent of the region’s generation that is not utility-owned. NEPGA said roughly 4,300 megawatts of member…
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