Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel is recommending that regulators set tougher energy-efficiency targets for the state’s utilities.

Exelon and Pepco told FERC last week that competitive and environmental concerns raised over their proposed merger are unfounded.

Utilities in New Jersey and Maryland are fighting an attempt by a Competitive Power Ventures to enforce contracts that federal courts last year ruled invalid.

The MD PSC worked with PJM to ensure new rules on demand response would not ruin the state’s “mass market” DR: EmPOWER Maryland, part of an initiative to reduce energy consumption by 15% below 2007 levels.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Maryland and CPV officials aren’t saying what their next move is in the wake of a federal court ruling that voided the state’s contract with developers of a 725 MW combined cycle plant in St. Charles.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Company briefs on some of the companies doing business in PJM: Exelon - including BGE and ComEd, Dominion, and PPL.