New York utilities challenged an order by regulators to temporarily remove the 6% cap on net metered solar-powered systems.

NYPSC staff recommended that three transmission developers move to the next stage in its initiative to eliminate bottlenecks for downstate load centers.

New York utilities have filed 15 demonstration projects for consideration under the state’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative.

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.

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.