ISO-NE "will be in a precarious operating position for the next several winters due to the natural gas pipeline constraints," spokeswoman Marcia Blomberg said.

DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz traveled to New York to get Wall Street’s perspective on challenges to financing electric transmission and energy infrastructure.

Duke Energy and Exelon should be among the companies barred from acquiring any generation divested by PPL as part of its Talen Energy spinoff, the IMM told FERC.

“The erosion of excess reserves understandably is of great concern to us all," Organization of MISO States President Eric Callisto told FERC.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Constellation Energy and demand side management specialist Comverge said last week they are combining their demand response businesses for C&I customers.

Exelon, which last month announced it would spend $500 million to build two natural gas-fired plants in Texas, is selling two other gas plants.

PJM will forego $10.2 million in BOR charges resulting from DC Energy and Scylla transactions characterized as IBTs under a settlement approved by FERC.

PJM is hoping that testing of little-used generating units will ensure they are available if cold weather strains its reserve margin.

PJM is one of nine Registered Entities that has agreed to take part in a review of grid recovery and restoration plans with FERC and NERC.