By William Opalka ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Public Service Commission voted 3-1 Wednesday to allow municipalities statewide to make bulk purchases of electricity and natural gas, including renewable power (14-M-0224). Community Solar Farm Source: NYSERDA The Community Choice Aggregation program is part of the state’s Reforming the Energy...

Some Alternate Supplier Electric Customers Paying More The state’s Office of Consumer Counsel says thousands of residential customers who signed up with competitive electric suppliers paid more for power than customers who stayed with the standard offers from Eversource Energy or United Illuminating. In Eversource’s territory, customers with 18 of...

By William Opalka Kinder Morgan said Wednesday it has suspended work on the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline, citing an uncertain regulatory climate and a lack of commitments from New England power generators to reserve capacity. The $3.3 billion project, being developed by subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline, was to deliver shale...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. HOUSTON — NYISO CEO Brad Jones got to wear his cowboy boots again last Tuesday, returning to Texas for a discussion with the CEOs of SPP, MISO and his former employer, ERCOT. Though three of the four grid executives claim Lone Star roots, Jones was the...

By William Opalka New York consumers will see little change in their electric bills as the state switches to renewable energy resources at an accelerated pace, according to a study released by the Public Service Commission on Friday. The Clean Energy Standard cost study puts a price tag on the...

New York’s natural gas demand set a single-day record in February, although the winter was much milder than the average over the past 30 years. The winter operations review presented at the NYISO Management Committee meeting on Wednesday showed that only three relatively brief cold snaps occurred over the winter,...

WASHINGTON — More than 100 transmission developers, consultants, RTO officials and utility executives attended Infocast’s 19th Annual Transmission Summit. Here’s some of what we heard. Competitive Transmission Bjurlin © RTO Insider Curt Bjurlin, an environmental services manager for Stantec, asked whether there are too many transmission developers chasing too few...

By William Opalka FERC on Thursday approved a settlement on financial terms for three transmission projects intended as contingencies for the potential closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York (ER15-572). Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (Source: Wikipedia) The letter order approved the cost allocation and return...

By William Opalka FERC on Tuesday approved New York regulators’ plan to keep the Ginna nuclear power plant operating but objected to elements that it said encroached on its jurisdiction over wholesale power markets (ER15-1047). R.E. Ginna nuclear plant Source: Exelon The commission ruled that the reliability support services agreement...

By William Opalka A state court Friday blocked New York regulators from implementing sweeping new rules over retail electric providers, ordering a show cause hearing April 14 (870-16). Audrey Zibelman, NY PSC © RTO Insider The ruling by the Albany County Supreme Court stayed the first phase of regulations passed...