Riesling Power LLC is asking state and federal regulators for expedited approval to buy two coal-fired power plants in western New York.

More than 170 people attended the Independent Power Producers of New York's 30th annual Fall Conference at the historic Gideon Putnam resort in Saratoga Springs, a two-day affair of golf and industry talk.

NYPSC Chairman Audrey Zibelman acknowledged legislators’ concerns over the state’s energy costs but gave no indication that the commission would relent on lawmakers’ demands that it release data on generators’ finances.

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

Bradley C. Jones will take over as CEO of NYISO on Oct. 12, as the New York power market faces a proposed overhaul led by the state’s governor and utility regulators.

The operator of the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant in western New York has reached an agreement to keep the financially stressed generator operating.

The New York PSC asked NYISO to perform reliability studies in western New York after NRG Energy announced it was retiring one coal plant and suspending plans to convert another to natural gas.

The NYPSC approved a temporary surcharge while a final agreement to keep the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant operating is hammered out.

The New York Public Service Commission staff has accepted seven proposed demonstration projects for the Reforming the Energy Vision initiative.

Con Ed, Dominion, Duke and Entergy released their second-quarter earnings last week.