New York officials and others asked FERC to rehear an order that exempted renewable generation and self-supply resources from buyer-side mitigation rules.

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NYISO gave NRG Energy a green light to shut down two coal plants in western New York, saying reliability will be maintained through transmission.

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Entergy said Monday it will close the 838-MW James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant by early 2017 due to declining revenues and high operational costs.

The NY PSC for the second time rejected a New York assemblyman’s attempt to force the disclosure of bidding information from the state’s generators.

Entergy is expected to announce this week whether it will keep operating the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant near Syracuse.

Talen Energy last week announced plans to sell the Charles P. Crane generating station, a 399-MW coal-fired plant in Baltimore, to an affiliate of Avenue Capital Group, a global alternative investment firm.

TransCanada told regulators last week that it intends to mothball three of its Ravenswood gas peakers in New York City due to the units’ age and condition.

Last-minute legal maneuvering has delayed by a week a New York Public Service Commission decision on a lawmaker’s request for release of generators’ pricing information.