This winter bumped aside last year’s peak load record, but PJM's system experienced a fraction of the stress brought on by the January 2014 polar vortex.
This week's company briefs include news on PPL, Amazon, DTE, Xcel, Duke, Exelon, Invenergy, Dominion and the Dynegy capacity auction controversy.
FERC approved PJM's Capacity Performance proposal, a dramatic restructuring of the RTO's capacity market.
Increased use of renewable energy will depress energy prices, increase capacity prices and lead to early retirement of baseload plants, according to ISO-NE.
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Former FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff improperly shared non-public deposition testimony from a commission investigation at an energy conference in March, according to a report by the Department of Energy's Inspector General.
A top EPA official gave the most detailed hints yet about how the agency will revise the Clean Power Plan when the final rule is released this summer.
FERC was the subject of intense criticism Wednesday and Thursday as members of a congressional subcommittee considered legislation to rein in the agency’s Office of Enforcement.
A consumer group has asked the FERC to launch an emergency investigation as to whether Dynegy illegally manipulated MISO’s Planning Resource Auction last April, resulting in a nine-fold price increase in Zone 4.
A New Hampshire energy broker wants to dust off a so-far unused 1978 state law that allows small hydro producers to sell electricity directly to customers.
Staff of a Maryland power plant accidentally threw away records necessary for an audit, fruitlessly searching four dumpsters for them, NRG told FERC.
