FERC denied five requests for changes in PJM’s treatment of demand response, rebuffing filings by the Market Monitor, DR providers, industrial customers and PSEG.

This week's company briefs include news on Consumers Energy, LG&E/KU, Exelon, RES, Con Ed, SunEdison, and others.

FERC told NYISO that proposed changes to its rules for reliability-must-run generators were inconsistent with Order 1000 and improperly delegated authority.

FERC commissioners received briefings from staff about energy storage in RTOs and from the National Labs about grid modernization.

FERC accepted revisions to SPP’s joint operating agreement with Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great Plains Region.

New York utilities and three solar companies proposed a business model that they said would replace net metering and address cost-shifting concerns.

At last week's ERCOT Board of Directors meeting, its Independent Market Monitor talked about negative prices and their impact on the energy market.

FERC approved an uncontested partial settlement between NIPSCO and the owners of seven Indiana wind farms.

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed its first major energy bill in almost a decade but faces a tight calendar to reach agreement with the House.

The NY PSC voted 3-1 to allow municipal aggregation, enabling municipalities statewide to make bulk purchases of electricity and natural gas.