FERC rejected an agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress to share capacity, saying the deal would be discriminatory.

Duke Energy, Dominion Resources and other partners last week proposed a 550-mile, $5 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations to Virginia and eastern North Carolina.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Duke Energy, Exelon, American Electric Power, Pepco and PPL.

Dynegy announced Friday it will nearly double its capacity with the purchase of about 12,400 MW of generation from Duke Energy and private equity firm Energy Capital Partners.

PJM member companies FirstEnergy, Duke Energy, NRG Energy, Dynegy and AES all announced second-quarter earnings last week.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Delaware, D.C., Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

The NCEMPA is selling its stake in four Duke Energy Progress power plants to Duke in a deal valued at $1.2 billion, the organizations announced last week.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Duke, Exelon, NRG and Dominion.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection, this week including Duke, Exelon, Pepco, NextEra and Energy Counsel LLP.

PJM told FERC last week it should allow a Duke Energy peaking plant to recover $9.8 million it spent on expensive natural gas it was unable to burn in January.