New England East-West Solution (NEEWS) is four related transmission projects developed by a working group of planners from Northeast Utilities, National Grid and ISO-New England. The specific projects are: •The Greater Springfield Reliability Project •The Interstate Reliability Project •The Rhode Island Reliability Project •The Central Connecticut Reliability Project Together the four projects are needed to solve existing problems with the transmission system. These problems threaten the transmission system’s ability to meet national and regional reliability standards and assure the adequacy and availability of electric power.