Expanded retail-level demand response programs will take effect as soon as July 1 in targeted areas of upstate New York.

The overhaul of the electric industry in New York, Reforming the Energy Vision, will largely bar utility ownership of distributed energy resources.

Earnings from U.S. operations were a bright spot for Spanish utility conglomerate Iberdrola SA, as the company coped with the effects of slashed government subsidies for renewable energy in its home country.

New York regulators have doubled the cap on the amount of solar energy the state’s utilities are required to purchase under its net metering program.