The Energy Bar Association closed its annual meeting with an entertaining panel discussion with five former FERC chairs.

Exelon’s plans for its generation subsidiary rely heavily on a push for new legislation and market rule changes that ensure profitability for its plants.

A recently passed New Jersey law could lead to the state subsidizing nuclear plants outside its borders, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) CEO Ralph Izzo said during his company’s first-quarter (Q1 2018) earnings call Monday.

The closure of four nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio would boost power prices and carbon emissions, undoing the clean air benefits of renewables, according to a Brattle Group report.

The New Jersey Legislature passed abill that would create a zero-emission certificate (ZEC) subsidy for nuclear power plants.

Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Maria Korsnick expressed support for FirstEnergy’s request that the Department of Energy declare an emergency in PJM.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss a suit against New York’s ZEC program.

The New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) ordered the state’s utilities to open participation in their “value stack” programs to DER projects up to 5 MW.

Exelon executives expressed confidence during a fourth-quarter earnings call that other states will adopt zero-emission credit (ZEC) programs this year.

NextEra Energy accused the Nuclear Energy Institute of “extortion,” saying it was spitefully denying the company access to a database used to screen workers.