FERC on Tuesday rejected the rate schedule proposed for the struggling Ginna nuclear power plant and ordered hearing and settlement proceedings.

Opponents of a financial lifeline for the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant say New York regulators should allow them more time to prepare their challenges.

The NYPSC says the FERC’s recent order on reliability-must-run agreements “interferes” with state authority as it tries to address generation shortages in the state.

A timeline of events in the life of the Dunkirk, N.Y., coal-fired plant.

FERC last week ordered hearing and settlement procedures in a dispute over the costs of keeping NRG’s Dunkirk generating plant online for reliability.

New York utilities have proposed a revised transmission plan that would relieve congestion in the Hudson Valley without obtaining new rights of way.

The NYPSC approved Con Ed of New York's proposed $200 million Brooklyn/Queens Demand Management Program that would relieve overloads in the city.

The New York PSC and FERC will study the state’s troubled capacity market at a technical conference in Manhattan Wednesday.

The New York Public Service Commission Thursday reiterated its approval of NRG Energy’s request to convert the Dunkirk coal-fired generator to natural gas.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Exelon, Entergy, ComEd, PSEG and DTE.