PJM will attempt to win approval for limited changes to the compensation rules for black start units and a plan for selecting “backstop” resources for regions that fail to secure service through competitive solicitations.

Sea turtles, sturgeon, wetlands and shipping accidents — transmission developers seeking the contract to fix the Artificial Island stability problem invoked all of them and more last week in arguments against their competitors.

PJM won approval of its short-term plan for capturing reserve costs in energy prices after agreeing to a sunset provision that won over load representatives.

PJM told FERC last week it should allow a Duke Energy peaking plant to recover $9.8 million it spent on expensive natural gas it was unable to burn in January.

Transcripts filed in Duke Energy's "stranded gas" complaint offer a behind-the-scenes look at PJM operations under extreme stress.

Environmentalists were outraged by EPA's cooling water rule while industry groups praised the agency's flexibility.

PJM could lose as much as 7,000 MW of generation by 2018 under long-awaited cooling-water regulations approved late yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

What plants are covered by EPA's cooling water rule and what do they have to do?

FERC may need to reconsider its fuel-agnostic policies to preserve coal and nuclear generation threatened by environmental rules and market forces, Commissioner Tony Clark told the PJM Annual Meeting last week.

After a record-breaking winter in which it narrowly avoided load shedding, PJM says it is confident it can keep air conditioners running this summer. But forward prices suggests costs may be higher than last year.