ISO New England head: Harsh winter weather puts regional grid at risk

Nancy Lavin

12/09/2021

ISO NEW ENGLAND PRESIDENT AND CEO Gordon Van Welie warned that severe cold snaps this winter could put the region's power grid at risk during a virtual presentation to The New England Council on Thursday.

PROVIDENCE - Few things are as uncertain as the weather. And while he’s no meteorologist, Gordon Van Welie knows that national forecasts calling for a mild New England winter could be upended by a sudden polar vortex that puts the region's power supply in jeopardy. “If the weather stays mild, we’ll be fine,” Van Welie,…

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