A coalition representing low-income households in New York has asked for a clarification and rehearing of last month’s Reforming the Energy Vision order to allow greater participation in the program by less affluent residents.

The NYPSC says the FERC’s recent order on reliability-must-run agreements “interferes” with state authority as it tries to address generation shortages in the state.

FERC last week ordered hearing and settlement procedures in a dispute over the costs of keeping NRG’s Dunkirk generating plant online for reliability.

New York regulators last week delayed action on a financial lifeline for the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant in order to review its impact on ratepayers.

IPPNY failed to persuade FERC that out-of-market payments that keep financially strapped generation operating to maintain system reliability suppress capacity prices.

Industrial, commercial and institutional energy customers in New York called on FERC to reject an agreement to keep the Ginna nuclear power plant operating.

The overhaul of the electric industry in New York, Reforming the Energy Vision, will largely bar utility ownership of distributed energy resources.

NYISO defended itself against criticism from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo but said it will cooperate with a review by state regulators.

The owner of the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant announced an agreement with Rochester Gas & Electric that will keep the plant operating for more than three years.

Negotiators trying to keep the Ginna nuclear power plant in New York financially viable have been given a three-week extension by state regulators.