The New York Public Service Commission has directed all utilities that fall under its regulatory jurisdiction and that have defined benefit pension plans and/or postretirement benefits packages to switch to an updated accounting standard for purposes of meeting financial reporting requirements, including in rate cases. The commission asserted that while the change could make retail rates more volatile in the short run, ratepayers will not pay more over the long run.

The Illinois Appellate Court has sustained a March 2017 ruling by the Illinois Commerce Commission in which it had dismissed a complaint challenging the lawfulness of an electric utility’s tariff provision that authorized the utility, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), to impose a charge on consumers who refuse to have a new smart meter installed at their premises.

According to various news outlets, a new solar farm is slated to commence operations later this month at Chernobyl.