A bill passed by the Maryland House of Delegates would require that utilities submit annual reports detailing their votes at PJM.

Stakeholders asked FERC to reconsider requiring PJM to overhaul its capacity market, saying the directive is unnecessary and oversteps federal jurisdiction.

FERC rejected transmission rate challenges against Pepco and Delmarva Power & Light that questioned the accounting of the utilities' prepaid pension assets.

ReliabilityFirst’s annual meeting featured discussions on cybersecurity, GridEx V, electromagnetic pulses and the health of the ERO.

FERC denied a request by SMECO to rehear a petition asking it to rule that Maryland PSC's community solar program runs afoul of PURPA.

FERC dismissed a complaint by SMECO alleging that it has the right to a Capacity Performance credit from J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corp.

The power outage that darkened the White House and much of D.C. on April 7 began with the failure of a 230-kV lightning arrester at a Pepco substation.

PJM and utility officials said yesterday they are still investigating what caused the failure of a 230-kV transmission line that briefly cut power to the White House and much of the D.C. area Tuesday afternoon.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including AEP, NRG, Sunoco Pipeline, SMECO and Fishermen's Energy.

Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel is recommending that regulators set tougher energy-efficiency targets for the state’s utilities.