Exelon’s proposed $6.8 billion acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc. should clear federal regulatory hurdles easily but may face a tougher time convincing state regulators.

Exelon said its acquisition of Pepco is “the right deal the right time” for its investors. But some analysts aren’t convinced.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: this week including Calpine Corp., Public Service Enterprise Group, Exelon Corp., Duke Energy Corp., PPL Corp. and Dominion Virginia Power.

FERC set for hearing a dispute over Duke Energy's exit obligations to MISO after settlement talks collapsed.

ODEC and NCEMC customers living outside Virginia will not be forced to help pay for three of the state's transmission projects, FERC ruled.

Lobbyists from Exelon have descended on Illinois lawmakers, warning that current energy prices and what renewable energy subsidies could force them to shut down three nuclear stations in the state.

PJM told FERC that it should reject an attempt by Consolidated Edison Co. to avoid paying for more than half of a $1.2 billion transmission upgrade to address a short circuit problem in the PSE&G transmission zone.

Several PJM utilities released their fourth quarter earnings last week, but none made news like Exelon, which warned that it may shut down some of its nuclear generating stations if they can't compete against subsidized renewable generators and stubbornly low natural gas prices.

PJM provided members a glimpse last week of the new visualization tools that will soon be available to transmission operators as a result of the deployment of synchrophasors.

Wednesday’s ice storm cut power to more than 1 million in the Philadelphia area, with Peco Energy recording a new winter outage record. RTO Insider Editor Rich Heidorn Jr. was there and brings you all the details.