Exelon's primary goal for 2016 is completing the acquisition of Pepco, but the company has contingency plans (an Exelon-PHI merger).

FERC Commissioner Tony Clark called for another look the pricing of demand response.

Having survived a major legal challenge, demand response now must overcome behavioral and political obstacles.

Demand response began in the 1950s, when utilities began offering “interruptible” programs to large commercial and industrial customers.

The Rocky Mountain Institute, whose founder coined the term “negawatt,” says the future is in storage-enabled “flexiwatts.”

FERC dismissed a challenge by project opponent Stop the Pipeline to thwart the Constitution Pipeline project.

MISO officials discussed the effect of December's unusually mild temperatures on energy prices.

MISO plans to increase its employee headcount and invest $30 million to update its Carmel, Ind., headquarters.

This week's company briefs include news on Duke, Invenergy, Basin Electric, PNM, Austin Energy, WEC Energy, PECO, FirstEnergy and Entergy.

ISO-NE's performance incentives to make additional generation available won’t go into effect until mid-2018.