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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 22, 2026
PJM presented manual revisions to clarify how resources are defined as offline for the purpose of determining whether they are eligible for lost opportunity cost credits.
PJM
White House and PJM Governors Call for Backstop Capacity Auction
The White House and PJM's governors called for a special backstop capacity auction to procure $15 billion worth of new dispatchable generation, which is to be paid for by data centers.
NextEra Energy Resources
Illinois Gov. Pritzker Signs Storage and VPP Bill Aimed at Affordability
Illinois became the 13th state to adopt a procurement target for storage after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill aimed at shoring up reliability and affordability.
Newkirk Electric Associates
State AGs, Enviros Argue Campbell Plant Orders Exceed DOE’s Authority
DOE is exceeding its authority by using Federal Power Act Section 202(c) to keep the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan running under several consecutive “emergency” orders, opponents argued in recent court filings with the D.C. Circuit.
Ameren Illinois
FERC Declines to Decide Possible Ameren Bypass of MISO Tx Competition
FERC dismissed Ameren’s bid to gain exclusive rights to build nearly $2 billion of MISO regional transmission projects in the state free of competitors.
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PJM MIC Endorses 2 Quadrennial Review Proposals
The PJM Market Implementation Committee voted to endorse two packages of revisions to key parameters of the capacity market out of six offered by PJM and stakeholders that resulted from the Quadrennial Review.
Poettker Construction
Ameren Resolute in 1st Dibs on Long-range Transmission Projects in Illinois
Ameren Illinois remains adamant that it should have exclusive access to construct nearly $2 billion of MISO regional transmission projects in the state without competition.
MISO
MISO, Stakeholders Appeal to FERC to Leave Long-range Tx Plan Intact
MISO and several stakeholders came to the defense of the RTO’s $21.8 billion, 24-project long-range transmission plan portfolio for the Midwest as five Republican states seek to repeal the projects’ approval.
Exelon
Exelon Continues to Explore Getting Back into Generation
Exelon's CEO said on an earnings call that the company remains interested in the possibility of utility-owned generation.
MISO
Vistra to Pay $38M to Settle Decade-old MISO Capacity Market Manipulation Case
Vistra has agreed to pay $38 million to wind down a long-running FERC inquiry into whether it manipulated prices in MISO’s 2015/16 capacity auction.

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