Duke Energy was able to offset a slump in its international business thanks to increased revenue from its U.S. regulated operations and the early closing of certain strategic initiatives.

Con Ed, Dominion, Duke and Entergy released their second-quarter earnings last week.

FERC rejected requests by two PJM generators seeking the recovery of “stranded” natural gas costs incurred during the polar vortex last year.

Extreme winter temperatures, while not as severe as last year, continue to play a major role in companies’ earnings results and business strategies.

FERC approved an uncontested settlement over the 2010 move by two Duke Energy subsidiaries from MISO into PJM.

This week's company briefs include news on Duke Energy, NextEra Energy, Enbridge Energy, Dominion Resources and NuScale Power.

FERC approved the purchase of 12,500 MW of generation from Duke Energy and Energy Capital Partners by Dynegy, the final approval needed for both deals.

Witnesses from the Southeast generally expressed far more concern than their counterparts in the Northeast during FERC’s technical conference on the EPA Clean Power Plan.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include Duke, Dominion, Ameren and Exelon.

Duke Energy said Friday that it had reached a $102.2 million settlement with the federal government to end the investigation into the Dan River ash spill and the company’s ash basin operations at other North Carolina plants.