PJM's Independent Market Monitor asked FERC to impose behavioral constraints on NRG Energy's proposed purchase of power plants and demand response from LS Power.

Anger over a recent dramatic rate hike and fears of energy shortfalls because of a predicted future rise in demand have prompted New Jersey to look anew at whether the state should consider pulling out of PJM.

Missouri's attorney general says he has opened an investigation into Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express transmission project, an 800-mile, HVDC line that has been under development since 2010.

PJM experienced a preliminary peak load over 160 GW during the recent heat wave, surpassing the RTO’s summer forecast of 154 GW and requiring the deployment of pre-emergency demand response.

The PJM Board of Managers is pursuing an approach that would spread the cost of continuing to operate Constellation Energy’s Eddystone Generating Station to all PJM consumers.

Looking ahead to the possibility of future emergency orders from the DOE, stakeholders endorsed a PJM issue charge to establish a more permanent set of rules for how to allocate the cost of keeping generation online beyond its desired deactivation date when ordered by the federal government.

Committee business included a quick-fix package to expand the definition of dual-fuel generation in the Reliability Assurance Agreement to include generation capable of running on a backup fuel type with off-site storage and dedicated delivery.

PJM's Markets and Reliability Committee discussed a problem statement and issue charge brought by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to open a discussion on establishing a sub-annual capacity market design.

FERC approved a PJM proposal to revise the penalty rate for resources that are unable to meet their capacity obligation due to a decrease to their accreditation.