Dynegy CEO: Exelon Bill Endangers Jobs, Plants Dynegy CEO Flexon Legislation proposed by Exelon that would impose a customer surcharge to provide more revenue for its Illinois nuclear fleet would put jobs at risk at competing coal-fired power plants, Dynegy CEO Bob Flexon said. “It’ll have a severe economic impact on...

Delmarva Customers May Have to Wait Months for One-Time Credit Exelon has promised $40 million for one-time customer credits in Delaware as part of a settlement to get approval for its takeover of Pepco Holdings Inc., but there is no telling when customers will see the credit. Public Service Commission spokesman...

ComEd Smart Grid Bill Becomes Law Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved a bill allowing Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois to avoid legislative review of a sweeping grid modernization program until 2019 instead of 2017. Critics, including the Citizens Utility Board, worry that the move will allow the utilities to...

Little Rock Operations Center Opened to Serve MISO’s Southern Expansion MISO has opened a $22 million regional operations center in Little Rock. The 50,000-square-foot facility works in concert with MISO’s control facilities in Carmel, Ind., and Eagan, Minn. The facility was needed after MISO expanded its territory into the Gulf...

PSC Approves Increase in Bloom Energy Subsidy The Public Service Commission has approved an increase in the subsidy that Delmarva Power customers pay to fuel cell manufacturer Bloom Energy. The surcharge, adjusted periodically, will cost a typical customer about $4.34 a month. Bloom Energy enjoys a 21-year deal under a...

PSC Commissioner Nominated for Superior Court Judgeship Jeffrey J. Clark, a Dover attorney and member of the Public Service Commission since 2005, has been nominated to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court, Delaware’s main civil and criminal trial court. Gov. Jack Markell is expected to nominate a new commissioner for...

DNREC Taking Public Comment on Controversial Refinery Water Permit A plan by the Delaware City Refinery to upgrade its cooling water intake and discharge will be the subject of a public comment session on March 24. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in December said it had reached...

Nuclear a Renewable Resource? Arizona Senate Panel Says ‘Yes’ A state Senate committee has passed a bill — by one vote — that would declare nuclear power a renewable energy source. SB1134 would define nuclear energy as renewable if it comes from “sources fueled by uranium fuel rods that include...

Failed Data Center Project on Hook for $1.4 Million, Court Rules The Data Centers LLC must pay three consultants $1.4 million in fees and interest related to the company’s failed bid last year to build a power plant and data center on University of Delaware property, according to a recent Superior...

SWEPCO Asks PSC to Deny Request for Attorney Fees Southwestern Electric Power Co. asked the Public Service Commission to deny a request by Save the Ozarks to pay for legal expenses the organization incurred during its battle against a transmission line. SWEPCO withdrew its power line application last month following a...