Indiana has become the latest state to give incumbent utilities a right of first refusal to develop regional transmission projects.

The Indiana Senate approved a controversial bill that would phase out the state’s retail net metering program, moving it to the House.

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.

Solar energy advocates in Indiana are decrying a proposal that they say would effectively gut the state’s decade-old net metering law.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.