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.

The R.E. Ginna nuclear plant and Rochester Gas & Electric have reached an agreement to provide a financial lifeline for the plant through March 2017, 18 months earlier than originally proposed.

Market participants in New York are concerned that their proprietary information might not be adequately protected as NYISO plans to bring the RTO’s reporting system for renewable energy generation into compliance with state law.

The New York PSC temporarily lifted caps on the amount of net-metered solar energy that can be permitted on a utility system.

This week's state briefs include news on Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia.

FERC granted renewable energy resources an exemption from buyer-side mitigation rules in New York's installed capacity market.

This week's state briefs include news on Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.

FERC sided with a Long Island power plant developer in its dispute with NYISO over interconnection standards the ISO sought to apply to the company’s proposed facility.

This week's state briefs include news on Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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