A couple of last week's biggest stories kept on making headlines over the past seven days with Con Ed's lockout and Duke Energy's regulatory issues continuing. A heat wave and brownouts hit New York City, while Bill Johnson lost his place on the Nuclear Energy Institute board.

Find links to those stories and other that you may have missed below. These were the week's most popular reads on Utility Dive:

• Manhattan sees Con Ed brownout amid heat wave and lockout—The New York-based utility company announced that it has reduced voltage in some NYC neighborhoods.
• N.C. attorney general asks for more records in Duke-Progress investigation—The AG's staff wants more records from the firm of Duke Energy director Michael Browning of Indianapolis and a Duke consultant.
• Bill Johnson replaced as Nuclear Energy Institute chairman—The president of Energy Future Holdings will replace Johnson, leaving Duke Energy without an NEI board member.
• Illinois Gov. Quinn signs laws affecting utilities and power issues—Utilities' responsibilities for contacting credit reporting bureaus, electrical aggregation and net metering are all mentioned in the new laws.
• Maine court says smart meter health issues are unresolved—Decision calls for health and safety concerns to be addressed but does not agree that privacy was violated.

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