The annual meeting of the Organization of PJM States Inc. (OPSI) in Chicago featured lively discussions about the RTO's proposed capacity market revamp.

PJM’s market design and Exelon’s control of local generation allow the company to name its price for capacity commitments in the Chicago area.

The first round of filings in PJM’s “paper hearing” on revisions to the capacity market showed wide disagreement over broadening the MOPR.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New York’s zero-emission credits for nuclear generation, rejecting claims they intrude on FERC jurisdiction.

The Illinois Commerce Commission suggested PJM consider ending its capacity market if it continues supporting policies that discount its preferences.

Illinois’ nuclear generation subsidies do not interfere with FERC-regulated wholesale power markets, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

At what point will a New York offshore wind bid become firm and binding? And how will state agencies ensure a project delivers promised benefits?

Rising state subsidies for renewable and nuclear power require PJM to revamp its MOPR to address price suppression in its capacity market, FERC ruled.

Competitive Power Ventures celebrated the opening of its new Towantic Energy Center, an 805-MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Oxford, Conn.

FERC and the U.S. Department of Justice told the 7th Circuit that Illinois' zero-emission credits (ZECs) program is not pre-empted by the Federal Power Act.