FirstEnergy began sending layoff notices to workers at two PA coal-fired plants even as PJM notified the company it won’t complete upgrades in time for the planned shutdowns.

A proposal to boost penalties for resources that fall short of their synchronized reserve commitments stalled at PJM's OC last week; utilities want details.

RTO Insider: PJM Members hit the brakes Wednesday on a proposed new product for coordinated transaction scheduling trades between PJM and the New York ISO.

How much is too much? PJM officials are examining May’s base capacity auction to consider limiting capacity imports in order to ensure reliability.

An overworked transformer and PJM operators’ efforts to limit prices were the focus last week as PJM continued to discuss the mid-July heat wave.

The PJM OC and MIC heard first reading last week on proposed manual changes governing PJM’s acquisition and deployment of black start resources.

In a split decision for financial traders, an appellate court Monday sent a dispute regarding PJM’s line-loss collections back to FERC.

Unexpected imports from New York — not the mobilization of demand response — caused the heat wave price crash July 18 after spiking to $465/MWh amid the hottest day of the summer.

The Markets and Reliability Committee approved changes to pjm manuals 1, 12, 19, and 20 on Thursday, August 1, 2013. For details, see our story.

Former Homeland Security Secretary and PA Gov. Tom Ridge will be the keynote speaker at PJM’s Grid 20/20 forum on grid resiliency on Nov. 11 and 12 in Philadelphia.