News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Dynegy, FirstEnergy, Dominion, Southern Co. and Xcel Energy.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including PSEG, FirstEnergy, AEP, Dominion, TVA, PPL, ComEd and NRG.

PJM officials said they are optimistic that demand response will continue its role in capacity and energy markets although only 30% of current DR will be immediately eligible under the RTO’s proposed response to the EPSA decision.

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

PJM’s Market Monitor overstepped its authority in calculating the capacity offer cap, but the RTO’s Tariff may need to be changed, FERC ruled.

FirstEnergy is asking consumers to prop up nuclear and coal generating plants the company says are at risk of closing due to low energy and capacity prices.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Vivint, Tennessee Valley Authority, Sunoco, FirstEnergy and PSEG Nuclear.

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, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Exelon shareholders shed no tears last week over the news that five of the company’s nuclear units failed to clear PJM’s capacity auction. Analysts say the company will earn almost $150 million more in capacity revenue than it would have if all of the company’s capacity had cleared.