EVERETT, MASSACHUSSETTS - The Ready Path Solution, a collaboration between Eversource and National Grid, has been selected by ISO-New England (ISO-NE) to provide a cost-effective solution that will maintain grid reliability after the retirement of the Mystic Generating Station in 2024.
ISO-NE expects that closing of the Mystic Generating Station could create significant reliability risks in the Boston area, including overloaded transmission lines and overall system instability, reports Transmission Hub.
The selected project is expected to meet the reliability needs of the region, while installing an innovative, cost-effective solution that would have minimal community or environmental impact.
The project will be built entirely within existing National Grid and Eversource facilities and allow for the timely closure of the Mystic plant in 2024.
Construction would include installing new electrical equipment at Eversource's existing North Cambridge substation and National Grid's Tewksbury, Amesbury, and Haverhill substations.
