By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission on Friday requested NYISO to perform reliability studies in western New York after NRG Energy announced it was retiring one coal plant and suspending plans to convert another to natural gas. NRG said Aug. 25 it would retire the 380-MW Huntley...

By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a temporary 5.2% rate surcharge on delivery charges for Rochester-area electric customers, while a final agreement to keep the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant operating is hammered out. The commission approved the surcharge, effective Sept. 1, to prevent “rate...

The New York Public Service Commission staff has accepted seven proposed demonstration projects for the Reforming the Energy Vision initiative while asking for more refinements on four others. The projects, filed July 1, are a component of the state’s REV program for utility-sponsored projects that offer collaboration with third parties.

Consolidated Edison reported second-quarter net income of $219 million ($0.75/share), compared with $212 million ($0.73/share) a year ago. The company said results reflected changes in the rate plans of its utility subsidiaries, including growth in its gas delivery service related to oil-to-gas conversions, and lower operations and maintenance expenses, offset...

By William Opalka and Rich Heidorn Jr. New York regulators last week began to sketch out the details of their ambitious Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative with a white paper on rate design that seeks to upend business models that have been in place for more than a century...

By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission has come out against the New York Power Authority’s bid for a nearly 10% increase in its transmission rates, saying its requests for an adder for ISO participation and use of a 60% equity capital structure are excessive. The Power Authority...

By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved rules designed to allow low- and moderate-income apartment dwellers to own renewable energy projects (15-E-0082). The program, also known as community distributed generation, is part of New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative to revamp the energy landscape...

Personal finance website WalletHub has released a study that ranks the states and D.C. based on the average monthly cost of energy, with breakdowns by electricity, natural gas, vehicle fuel and home heating oil. D.C. ranked lowest overall, followed by Colorado and Washington state. Connecticut, Wyoming and Massachusetts had the...

By William Opalka The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reaffirmed its authority Monday to regulate New York reliability support services agreements, rejecting a rehearing petition filed by the state Public Service Commission challenging its jurisdiction (ER15-1047). The NYPSC had argued that it had sole jurisdiction over the rates and terms of...

By William Opalka Seven projects proposed by transmission developers for the mid-Hudson region have cleared an initial screening by the staff of the New York Public Service Commission. Those projects scored well enough on staff’s efficiency and environmental ratings to warrant further study, according to an interim report filed on...