Columnist Steve Huntoon responds to Rocky Mountain Institute's rebuttal of his criticism of its study, based on Energy Information Administration data.

A New York court rejected a challenge to the state’s zero-emission credit program, dismissing a suit by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and others.

Entergy Mississippi gained FERC approval to purchase the 810-MW Choctaw Generating Station for $314 million from NRG Wholesale Generation.

ERCOT said it has approved NRG Energy’s plans to return its Gregory Power Partners cogeneration plant to mothballs in October.

NRG Energy’s profits jumped sharply in the second quarter, boosted by a surge in earnings for the company’s power generation division.

NRG Energy said it expects to return to service an inactive Texas gas plant in time for summer, giving ERCOT additional capacity to play with.

Citing hedging losses in ERCOT, NRG Energy reported a 60% drop in earnings from continuing operations for the first quarter.

CERAWeek by IHS Markit in Houston brought together a record 4,300 global energy movers and shakers from more than 70 countries.

Several power producers joined the Electric Power Supply Association in petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review appellate court rulings upholding the New York and Illinois zero-emission credit programs.

CPS Energy is now in the process of mothballing its J.T. Deely coal-fired plant, while NRG Energy intends to retire two gas units at its SR Bertron plant.