By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Tuesday blocked EPA from implementing the Clean Power Plan pending legal challenges. The court ruled 5-4 in favor of a stay, with the court’s liberal wing in the minority. The court’s one-page order (15A773, et al.), which surprised many observers, means...

These Power Bill Savings Aren’t Chicken Scratch The Delmarva Poultry Industry predicts that its new energy-buying group will save chicken producers more than $1 million over the next three years. Poultry producers began seeing those savings in December’s electric bills. The group said more than 200 members will pay 7.78 cents/kWh...

Naperville Muni Showing $13.2 Million Shortfall Naperville’s municipal power provider has a $13.2 million shortfall, officials said. Since 2011, according to records, Naperville’s energy costs have exceeded projections every year, and by as much as 16% during fiscal 2014. Much of the overrun can be traced to the utility’s membership...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. The developers of the abandoned PATH transmission project would be denied recovery of more than $10 million of their $121.5 million claim under an initial decision by a FERC administrative law judge Monday. Judge Philip C. Baten recommended that the commission deny the developers, American Electric...

By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While SPP says it is continuing to analyze the 1,500 pages in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, some stakeholders in the RTO’s 14-state footprint wasted no time taking action. Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Director Becky Keogh listens as Public Service...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. State regulators, consumer advocates, generators and the Independent Market Monitor have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to modify its June 9 order largely approving PJM’s Capacity Performance plan. Most of the rehearing requests were filed Thursday, along with PJM’s submission of a 556-page compliance filing...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. MILWAUKEE — A top Environmental Protection Agency official on Monday gave the most detailed hints yet about how the agency will revise its proposed carbon emission regulations on existing power plants when the final rule is released this summer. Janet McCabe Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator...

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...

Story on ComEd Contributions Spurs Call for Investigation A state senator called for an investigation of Commonwealth Edison after the Chicago Tribune reported that the utility spent $60 million in ratepayer money over seven years on politically influential charities. “The allegations in the Tribune article are serious and call for immediate...

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...