Dynegy announced Friday it will nearly double its capacity with the purchase of about 12,400 MW of generation from Duke Energy and private equity firm Energy Capital Partners.

PJM has consistently had among the highest uplift rates among RTOs and ISOs, according to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report released last week.

PJM will create a pricing interface in the ATSI Black River area to capture in LMPs operator actions taken to relieve thermal or voltage problems resulting from high loads.

The PJM MIC approved several changes recommended by subcommittees regarding data submission deadlines and credit requirements.

FirstEnergy is asking consumers to prop up nuclear and coal generating plants the company says are at risk of closing due to low energy and capacity prices.

After nearly four years of investigation, FERC publicly accused an energy trading firm of market manipulation in a case that dogged enforcement chief Norman Bay through his confirmation as commissioner.

PJM and the IMM said they will target traders who schedule interchange trades for the last 15 minutes of an hour based on price differentials in the first portion of the hour, a scheme known as “slamming the close.”

Disputes between utilities and solar providers aren’t limited to North Carolina.

PJM has created a closed loop interface to capture the pricing of demand response in a transmission sub-zone spanning the Pennsylvania-Ohio border near New Castle, Pa.

North Carolina has unexpectedly become one of the fastest-growing destinations for solar energy developers in the nation, but a battle pitting the state's largest utilities against environmentalists could stop that growth in its tracks.