State regulators approved a $130 million rate increase for Connecticut Light & Power, cutting the company’s requested hike by 41%.

FERC accepted an Entergy request to end the system agreement for its Gulf Coast companies but will consider the concerns of Texas and Louisiana regulators.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consolidated four years of Entergy Corp.’s disputed annual cost allocation cases for hearing and settlement.

FERC last week approved Duke Energy Progress’ $1.2 billion purchase of 700 MW of generation from the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency.

Md. PSC staff said Exelon should increase its proposed credit to customers as a condition of approval of the company's merger with Pepco, while the OPC said the commission should reject the deal.

State officials filed a new complaint in their nearly two-year effort to force a reduction in the formula transmission rates for BGE and Pepco utilities.

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority cut the CL&P proposed distribution rate increase by 41% in a draft decision.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include NextEra, Ameren, Xcel, PSE&G and Dominion.

FERC approved a revised JOA between PJM and Duke Energy Progress despite protests from the RTO’s IMM that it gives Duke favored treatment on interchange pricing.

The DOJ is investigating the interconnection process in PJM’s MAAC sub-region as part of its anti-trust review of Exelon’s $6.8 billion takeover of Pepco.