Environmentalists continued their campaign against the proposed takeover of Pepco by Exelon, with activists urging the D.C. Council to oppose the deal.

News briefs from the states and provinces within the footprint of RTOs. This week we include Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include FERC, the Energy Department and the NRC.

NYISO last week asked FERC to exempt competitive transmission, including the Champlain Hudson project, from the ISO’s buyer-side mitigation rules.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include Exelon, Dynegy, PPL, PSE&G and NRG.

SPP members last week approved spending $270 million on transmission improvements over the next five years but not before stakeholders expressed misgivings.

FERC has approved changes to NYISO credit requirements to protect the ISO from defaults by market participants that under-forecast their loads.

Minnesota’s ALLETE Clean Energy will increase its MISO wind portfolio by one-third with a $10 million acquisition from EDF Renewable Energy.

SPP will change the way it calculates offer caps for generators under market mitigation in a “design approach” approved last week by the MOPC.

A pair of requests PJM submitted to FERC to safeguard capacity for the 2015/16 delivery year drew a number of protests last week.