By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday declared a moratorium on energy marketers signing up low-income customers, citing the inability of stakeholders to agree on consumer protection reforms (12-M-0476, et al.). Zibelman © RTO Insider The commission voted 3-1 to impose the moratorium, which takes effect...

By Ted Caddell The Long Island Power Authority on Wednesday delayed approving a proposed 90-MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Montauk, N.Y., that would be the largest such project in the U.S. LIPA executives had expected an easy approval vote from its board of trustees, but they delayed...

By Ted Caddell Entergy said Wednesday it may sell its troubled James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant to Exelon if New York approves the proposed Clean Energy Standard, which would provide large subsidies to nuclear stations. If New York cannot agree on those subsidies, Entergy said, it will go forward with...

By William Opalka Dynamic. Changing. Challenging. Those words, which NYISO CEO Brad Jones uses frequently, are themes echoed throughout the 2016 NYISO Power Trends report. New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision, the Clean Energy Standard (CES), distributed generation and customer engagement also feature prominently in the report, which was released...

By William Opalka The New York Green Bank wants to increase its portfolio by two-thirds over the next year, mostly by investing in larger clean energy projects. In its annual business plan released last week, the state’s clean energy investment arm said it wants to invest $200 million, or $50...

By William Opalka NEW YORK — Whether the view is from PJM, which sits atop the Utica and Marcellus shale gas formations, or ISO-NE, at the “end of the pipeline,” the so-called “dash to gas” shows no sign of abating, speakers said Friday at the Energy Bar Association Northeast Chapter’s...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Two former Ohio regulators debated FirstEnergy’s and American Electric Power’s controversial power purchase agreements in the opening session of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners Annual Education Conference last week. Steven Lesser, who served on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio from...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — As of last year, 17 states had smart meter penetration of 50% or more. Yet only seven states — Maryland, Delaware, Arizona, Oklahoma, Ohio, Arkansas and Louisiana — have more than 5% of their residential customers enrolled in time-varying rate plans, according to...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — More than 300 regulators, PJM officials and industry stakeholders attended the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners’ 21st Annual Education Conference last week. Here are some highlights. Haque Reflects on Year as MACRUC President Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Asim Haque reflected on his year as...

By William Opalka Three competitive transmission developers asked FERC last week to order NYISO to issue a new request for proposals for transmission upgrades to alleviate congestion and bring renewable energy downstate (EL16-84). The RFP was issued in February in response to a New York Public Service Commission order that...