This week's state briefs include news on Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.
State regulators, consumer advocates, generators and the Independent Market Monitor asked FERC to modify its June 9 order largely approving PJM’s Capacity Performance plan.
Iberdrola dropped its bid to acquire UIL Holdings but promised to file a new application that would address Connecticut regulators' objections.
A crowded docket has delayed several key pieces of New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision, including the Track 2 straw proposal on ratemaking and rate design.
FERC accepted NYISO’s new method for calculating payments for voltage support services, which will keep the overall expenditure constant in the near term.
MISO and its Market Monitor have joined Dynegy in denying allegations of improper conduct in the RTO’s Planning Resource Auction last April, which resulted in a nine-fold price increase in Zone 4.
Connecticut regulators said they will reject Iberdrola SA’s acquisition of UIL Holdings without much stronger ratepayer protections and assurances over local control.
NEPGA says ISO-NE should adhere to a planned change to a sloped demand curve in the next Forward Capacity Auction.
Opponents of Clean Line Energy’s proposed Plains & Eastern project say the Department of Energy is conducting reviews of the transmission line without a proper rulemaking process.
New York’s Green Bank has generated so much interest from clean energy and energy efficiency developers that it is asking to borrow from the private sector.
