Former FirstEnergy CEO Anthony Alexander announced last week that he will retire just before the company released its year-end earnings report.

Exelon made no secret last week that five of its nuclear units failed to clear the capacity auction. Other generators — representing almost two-thirds of the generation capacity that failed to clear — were less forthcoming.

Exelon said its acquisition of Pepco is “the right deal the right time” for its investors. But some analysts aren’t convinced.

An analyst for consulting firm IHS CERA challenged "conventional wisdom" with a bullish forecast for load growth.

The volume and magnitude of changes PJM is attempting to impose on demand response raise the question of whether the high-flying sector is still a growth business or one in retreat.

FERC's technical conference on capacity markets elicited sharply differing views on a variety of design concepts and technical issues.

State briefs from around PJM's footprint. Included this week are Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.