FERC approved Dynegy's request for a waiver of a change-in-ownership notice of its Lee plant, but the request has prompted an investigation into the plant's reactive power rates.

FERC rejected the PJM Tariff proposal to exempt some capacity resources from nonperformance charges in capacity performance.

PJM planners will recommend almost $150 million in transmission upgrades in New Jersey to address reliability problems anticipated from the retirement of the B.L. England coal-fired generator.

PJM says it may have to spend $148 million on grid upgrades if the B.L. England Generating Station plant retirement is unable to proceed with its natural gas repowering plan.

Company briefs on some of the companies doing business in PJM: NRG, Ameren, and information on smart meter usage from Navigant Research.