This week's state briefs include news on Arkansas, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Entergy said Monday it will close the 838-MW James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant by early 2017 due to declining revenues and high operational costs.

The NY PSC for the second time rejected a New York assemblyman’s attempt to force the disclosure of bidding information from the state’s generators.

Last-minute legal maneuvering has delayed by a week a New York Public Service Commission decision on a lawmaker’s request for release of generators’ pricing information.

This week's state briefs include news on Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

Entergy is expected to announce this week whether it will keep operating the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant near Syracuse.

Talen Energy last week announced plans to sell the Charles P. Crane generating station, a 399-MW coal-fired plant in Baltimore, to an affiliate of Avenue Capital Group, a global alternative investment firm.

TransCanada told regulators last week that it intends to mothball three of its Ravenswood gas peakers in New York City due to the units’ age and condition.

Market participants in New York are concerned that their proprietary information might not be adequately protected as NYISO plans to bring the RTO’s reporting system for renewable energy generation into compliance with state law.