Energy Secretary Chris Wright talked about the process behind two recent orders mandating power plants that had planned to retire to keep running this summer at a House hearing that was focused on DOE's budget.
PJM’s Board of Managers initiated a critical issue fast path process to determine how to compensate Constellation Energy for continuing to run two gas-fired units at the utility’s Eddystone plant under a DOE emergency order.
Meta signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the output of Constellation Energy’s 1,121-MW Clinton nuclear plant in Central Illinois, the companies announced.
The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order to keep Constellation Energy’s Eddystone Units 3 and 4, located outside Philadelphia, online under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.
As part of its review for the Constellation-Calpine merger, DOJ asked PJM for a major trove of market data as it looks into the region where the two firms' operations overlap the most.
Constellation Energy said it is closing in on new power purchase agreements and is in a good position to help meet projected data center load demand — whether in front of the meter or behind.
PJM selected 51 projects to receive expedited interconnection studies through its Reliability Resource Initiative, adding 11,793 MW of nameplate capacity to the next study cycle.
FERC received several protests to Constellation's proposed purchase of Calpine, with PJM's Monitor arguing the companies need to make additional commitments to preserve competition in the RTO.
