News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including PSEG, Duke, FirstEnergy, AEP, Ameren, Constellation and General Motors.

The Gates brothers, accused of gaming up-to-congestion trades in PJM, abruptly ended their public relations campaign against FERC last week.

News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in PJM's footprint. This week, we highlight FERC, the NRC and the Energy Department.

Chastened by January’s price spikes, New York electric utilities are hedging 70% of their natural gas purchases this winter, up from 55% last year.

The New York Public Service Commission Thursday reiterated its approval of NRG Energy’s request to convert the Dunkirk coal-fired generator to natural gas.

Wisconsin utilities are joining those in sunnier climes in treating distributed solar as an existential threat.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Delaware, D.C., Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 10/30/14. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.

FERC said PJM should not have included a 10% adder in its calculation of make-whole payments to generators whose costs exceeded the offer cap last winter.

PJM officials are developing contingency plans for their 2015 capacity auctions in the wake of last week’s stay of the D.C. Circuit Court's EPSA ruling.