The owner of the Cayuga power plant near Ithaca last week filed its second revised proposal to repower the 312-MW facility from coal to natural gas.

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.

This week's state briefs include news on Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

The New England states, along with New York, are generally well ahead of the targets set in the Clean Power Plan.

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.

This week's state briefs include news on Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.

New York regulators began to sketch out the details of their ambitious Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative.

Speakers at the Infocast New York REV Summit said public demand for more control over their energy choices is driving the program.

This week's state briefs include news on Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas.