This week's state briefs include news on California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, and others.

This week's state briefs include news on Colorado, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and other states.

The D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel and the district’s government asked the DC PSC to reconsider its approval of Exelon’s acquisition of Pepco.

One party to the Exelon-Pepco merger case has asked the DC PSC) to reconsider its approval, and People's Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye may ask as well.

On Wednesday, the DC PSC approved the $6.8 billion Exelon-Pepco merger, creating the largest publicly held utility in the country.

The D.C. Public Service Commission is poised to decide Wednesday the fate of the controversial proposed merger of Exelon and Pepco Holdings Inc.

D.C. officials came out today against Exelon’s revised merger proposal in filings that appear to quash the energy giant’s chances of acquiring Pepco.

Exelon offered a split D.C. Public Service Commission (DC PSC) a “middle ground proposal” in a bid to salvage its acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc.

The Exelon-Pepco merger looked in danger of failing Tuesday as D.C.'s mayor and consumer advocate said they would not accept new terms offered by D.C. regulators.