This week's state briefs include news on California, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts and Ohio.

RGGI reported another lackluster carbon allowance auction last week, bolstering calls by Mass. and others for more aggressive cuts in the compact’s emission caps.

Plaintiffs asked a federal appellate court to force FERC to rule on the legality of the ISO-NE eighth Forward Capacity Auction.

Regulators urged their colleagues at the NARUC summer conference to join them in developing cybersecurity rules for electric distribution companies.

Report Cites Emissions Drop in Nine-State RGGI A new report by the Acadia Center says that carbon emissions in the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiat...

Exelon is buying the Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) retail energy business as it continues its efforts to hedge against falling wholesale power prices.

FERC declined to begin an enforcement action under PURPA on behalf of Allco Finance and its unit Windham Solar in Connecticut.

New England states are moving ahead with their own greenhouse gas reduction programs while EPA’s Clean Power Plan remains in legal limbo.

At the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA) Annual Environmental Conference last week, panelists discussed the presidential election.

This week's state briefs include news on Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Missouri and other states.