Stakeholder input is vital to the success of the ISO's development and implementation of new market design, business policies and infrastructure planning. The ISO continually strives to improve its stakeholder process to ensure robust and broad stakeholder engagement that enables valuable input and feedback and allows stakeholders to share their perspectives in shaping the initiative design.

The ISO held 6 Interconnection Process Enhancements (IPE) 2023 working group meetings between June 2023 and September 2023, which informed the straw proposal that was posted on September 21, 2023. Prior to publishing a revised straw proposal on December 19, 2023, the ISO held an additional 3 working groups that focused on scoring criteria and the zonal approach. The IPE 2023 draft final proposal was posted on February 8, 2024, and the final proposal posted on March 28, 2024. The ISO held public stakeholder meetings to discuss each iteration of the proposal in-depth, and stakeholders were given an opportunity to provide both verbal and written comments.

In the spirit of continuous improvement, the ISO is seeking your feedback on the effectiveness of its recently adopted working group process and its overall contributions to the IPE 2023 proposal development process. We welcome suggestions for improvements to further enhance the policy development process moving forward.

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