Two 345-kV lines that were knocked out when a tornado leveled four transmission towers in ComEd territory are back online.

PJM Capacity prices fell sharply as new generation flooded the market, leaving 18 GW of existing resources without any capacity revenue.

Exelon said it will close Clinton next summer and Quad Cities the following year if Illinois legislators fail to pass a bill to shore up the nuclear plants.

The PJM Planning Committee voted to sunset two task forces and the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee discussed five market efficiency projects.

FERC rejected a rehearing request on its approval of Commonwealth Edison’s wholesale distribution charge on an energy storage facility.

A small contingent from IMEA showed up at a meeting of the PJM Market Implementation Committee last week to lobby for historic capacity rights.

This week's company briefs include AEP, Xcel, Dominion, Direct Energy, PECO, Exelon, NRG and General Electric.

Exelon’s year-long lobbying campaign has won bipartisan backing for a bill that would charge Illinois electricity users a fee to ensure continued operation of three nuclear generators that the company says are unprofitable.

A round-up of news from the PJM Market Implementation Committeee on Jan. 8, 2015.

PJM stakeholders agreed to review modeling practices that may be shortchanging loads with transmission agreements that pre-date the RTO's capacity market.