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

This week's state briefs include news on Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

This week's state briefs include news on Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.

The second transmission line proposed to bring Canadian hydropower into the Northeast under Lake Champlain has advanced with the release of its draft environmental impact statement.

New England governors last week backed away from their 2013 commitment to share the costs of new gas pipelines and electric transmission, announcing a revised regional energy strategy that gives individual states more flexibility.

News briefs from the states within the footprint of RTOs. This week we include Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as the Canadian province of Manitoba.