New England States Committee on Electricity
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What it says it does
NESCOE'S MISSION IS TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE NEW ENGLAND REGION BY ADVANCING POLICIES THAT WILL PROVIDE ELECTRICITY AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE OVER THE LONG TERM, CONSISTENT WITH MAINTAINING RELIABLE SERVICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND PRESENTATION OF NESCOE'S VIEWS, IT ADVANCES POLICIES WHICH SEEK TO FACILITATE THE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT POWER GENERATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND TRANSMISSION RESOURCES TO RELIABLY SERVE N.E. CUSTOMERS.
- Income
- $1.8 million
- Spending
- $1.7 million
- Employees
- 5
- Highest pay
- $254,254, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $1.7 million spent. THROUGHOUT 2024, NESCOE REPRESENTED THE COLLECTIVE VIEWS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, AND REGULARLY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUBSTANTIVE NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER FORUMS. THIS INCLUDED NESCOE'S REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN NEW ENGLAND POWER POOL'S PARTICIPANTS, RELIABILITY, TRANSMISSION, AND MARKETS COMMITTEE MEETINGS. NESCOE ALSO OFFERED PROPOSALS IN CONNECTION WITH PLANNING AND MARKET RULE CHANGES TO ADVANCE CONSUMER INTERESTS AND STATES' SHARED ENERGY OBJECTIVES. ADDITIONALLY, NESCOE PARTICIPATED IN ISO NEW ENGLAND'S PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND POWER SUPPLY PLANNING COMMITTEE. NESCOE ALSO MONITORED VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS. IN 2024, NESCOE PARTICIPATED IN ISO NEW ENGLAND FORUMS AND FEDERAL JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS CONCERNING RESOURCE ADEQUACY AND SYSTEM PLANNING- RELATED ISSUES WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR NEW ENGLAND CONSUMERS. IN 2024, NESCOE WAS ACTIVE IN VARIOUS TRANSMISSION-RELATED MATTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, NESCOE WAS ACTIVE IN DEVELOPING, TOGETHER WITH ISO-NE AND STAKEHOLDERS, A STATE-DRIVEN, ISO-NE STUDY-BASED SOLUTIONS PROCESS. THIS PROCESS (1) ALLOWS ISO-NE AND NESCOE, WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT, TO CHOOSE WHICH TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CONCERNS TO ADDRESS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION AND (2) INCLUDES A METHODOLOGY TO SELECT A PROJECT AND ALLOCATE COSTS BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF PROJECT COSTS AND BENEFITS. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN LATE 2024, NESCOE ADVANCED ITS FIRST SOLICITATION REQUEST TO ISO-NE TO MEET THE LONG-STANDING NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERABILITY OF LOWER-COST GENERATION LOCATED IN MAINE. IN 2024, NESCOE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME WORKING TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY AROUND AND OVERSIGHT OF ASSET CONDITION SPENDING. CONCURRENTLY, NESCOE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EVALUATION OF PROPOSED ASSET CONDITION PROJECTS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IN 2024, TO PROMOTE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY IN ELECTRICITY RATES AND TO PROTECT CONSUMERS, NESCOE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRANSMISSION OWNERS' REGIONAL NETWORK SERVICE RATE ANNUAL UPDATE FILING. FOLLOWING ITS INVESTIGATION, NESCOE MADE SEVERAL INFORMAL CHALLENGES UNDER THE REGION'S FORMULA RATE PROTOCOLS, MANY OF WHICH RESULTED IN SAVINGS TO CONSUMERS. IN 2024, NESCOE PRODUCED A DATA CENTER PRIMER TO REVIEW THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. AS IN PAST YEARS, IN 2024, NESCOE DEDICATED TIME TO ADVOCATING FOR NEW ENGLAND CONSUMER INTERESTS IN CONNECTION WITH A UNIQUE COST-OF-SERVICE CONTRACT FOR TWO RETIRING GENERATING UNITS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. THROUGHOUT 2024, NESCOE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH OTHER INTERVENORS UNDER THE PROTOCOLS FOR THE REMAINING YEAR OF THE CONTRACT. THIS INCLUDED A FINAL GLOBAL SETTLEMENT THAT WAS FILED WITH FERC IN LATE 2024, INCLUDED ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS TO THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT BEYOND THOSE PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED. THROUGHOUT 2024, NESCOE ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF ONGOING MARKET DEVELOPMENT MATTERS, INCLUDING FUNDAMENTAL CAPACITY MARKET REFORMS. THROUGHOUT 2024, NESCOE REPRESENTED THE COLLECTIVE VIEWS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, AND REGULARLY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUBSTANTIVE NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER FORUMS. THIS INCLUDED NESCOE'S REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN NEW ENGLAND POWER POOL'S PARTICIPANTS, RELIABILITY, TRANSMISSION, AND MARKETS COMMITTEE MEETINGS. NESCOE ALSO OFFERED PROPOSALS IN CONNECTION WITH PLANNING AND MARKET RULE CHANGES TO ADVANCE CONSUMER INTERESTS AND STATES' SHARED ENERGY OBJECTIVES. ADDITIONALLY, NESCOE PARTICIPATED IN ISO NEW ENGLAND'S PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND POWER SUPPLY PLANNING COMMITTEE. NESCOE ALSO MONITORED VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS. IN 2024, NESCOE PARTICIPATED IN ISO NEW ENGLAND FORUMS AND FEDERAL JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS CONCERNING RESOURCE ADEQUACY AND SYSTEM PLANNING- RELATED ISSUES WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR NEW ENGLAND CONSUMERS. IN 2024, NESCOE WAS ACTIVE IN VARIOUS TRANSMISSION-RELATED MATTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, NESCOE WAS ACTIVE IN DEVELOPING, TOGETHER WITH ISO-NE AND STAKEHOLDERS, A STATE-DRIVEN, ISO-NE STUDY-BASED SOLUTIONS PROCESS. THIS PROCESS (1) ALLOWS ISO-NE AND NESCOE, WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT, TO CHOOSE WHICH TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CONCERNS TO ADDRESS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION AND (2) INCLUDES A METHODOLOGY TO SELECT A PROJECT AND ALLOCATE COSTS BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF PROJECT COSTS AND BENEFITS. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN LATE 2024, NESCOE ADVANCED ITS FIRST SOLICITATION REQUEST TO ISO-NE TO MEET THE LONG-STANDING NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERABILITY OF LOWER-COST GENERATION LOCATED IN MAINE. IN 2024, NESCOE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME WORKING TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY AROUND AND OVERSIGHT OF ASSET CONDITION SPENDING. CONCURRENTLY, NESCOE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EVALUATION OF PROPOSED ASSET CONDITION PROJECTS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IN 2024, TO PROMOTE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY IN ELECTRICITY RATES AND TO PROTECT CONSUMERS, NESCOE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRANSMISSION OWNERS' REGIONAL NETWORK SERVICE RATE ANNUAL UPDATE FILING. FOLLOWING ITS INVESTIGATION, NESCOE MADE SEVERAL INFORMAL CHALLENGES UNDER THE REGION'S FORMULA RATE PROTOCOLS, MANY OF WHICH RESULTED IN SAVINGS TO CONSUMERS. IN 2024, NESCOE PRODUCED A DATA CENTER PRIMER TO REVIEW THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. AS IN PAST YEARS, IN 2024, NESCOE DEDICATED TIME TO ADVOCATING FOR NEW ENGLAND CONSUMER INTERESTS IN CONNECTION WITH A UNIQUE COST-OF-SERVICE CONTRACT FOR TWO RETIRING GENERATING UNITS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. THROUGHOUT 2024, NESCOE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH OTHER INTERVENORS UNDER THE PROTOCOLS FOR THE REMAINING YEAR OF THE CONTRACT. THIS INCLUDED A FINAL GLOBAL SETTLEMENT THAT WAS FILED WITH FERC IN LATE 2024, INCLUDED ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS TO THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT BEYOND THOSE PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED. THROUGHOUT 2024, NESCOE ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF ONGOING MAR
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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