September 30, 2026
FERC Commissioner Calls RBP "Half-Baked"
PJM said in a market notice that, "At this time, PJM will not proceed with the Reliability Backstop Procurement," after a FERC decision subjected PJM's RBP filing to a five-month suspension and paper hearing process, with FERC concluding that several aspects of the RBP, "may be unjust and unreasonable".
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September 18, 2026
PSC Staff, OPC Say PJM Has Confirmed That Actual Program Design Not Needed By PJM Until Sept. 2027
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Delmarva Power & Light Company (“Delmarva Power”), and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEU”) told the Maryland PSC that the JMEU do not consider it viable to develop a PJM-compliant peak-shaving program that would allow the utilities to opt-out of PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP) auction prior to an October 2026 deadline
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September 15, 2026
A PSC has scheduled for…
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September 14, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated an order from the U.S. Department of Energy which had directed, based on DOE's assertion of emergency power, continued operation of Consumers Energy's Campbell coal-fired power plant.
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September 2, 2026
New Broker Named Catalyst Bridge Registers In Texas
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August 20, 2026
The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) has set an effective date for implementation of additional operating reserve procurement requirements throughout the New York Control Area (NYCA) to account for anticipated forecast uncertainties in both the Day-Ahead Market and Real-Time Market…
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August 19, 2026
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has signed a wide-ranging executive order concerning data centers that, among other things, directs the "rapid" development of rules and orders by the Pennsylvania PUC to address the allocation of PJM Backstop reliability costs and related obligations
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August 14, 2026
The New Jersey BPU released a report on reforms to PJM's market that, among other policies, recommends that, "states should direct long-term procurements," which "may" include bilateral contract obligations for all LSEs including retail suppliers
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August 14, 2026
Pepco in the District of Columbia sought D.C. PSC approval for two long-term PPAs bundling renewable energy supplies and Tier One RECs which would in aggregate cover 15% of SOS load
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August 14, 2026
PJM, in formally seeking FERC approval of an Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS), is not proposing a specific PJM cost recovery mechanism for IRAS
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August 11, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC, and the Maryland utilities, have each filed comments responding to various PSC questions concerning the allocation of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP), with the comments generally indicating an intent that responsible large loads (or other large…
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July 29, 2026
Pepco in the District of Columbia as part of the annual SOS RFP process, has proposed to have PJM Billing Line Item 1935 "be transferred to the utility," relieving SOS suppliers from the charge
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July 28, 2026
PJM Proposes Allocation Of Backstop Capacity Procurement Costs To LSEs; Also Addresses Allocation Of New Interim Resource Adequacy Service To Retail Customers
PJM, in finalizing a proposed reliability backstop capacity procurement (RBP), will newly propose at FERC a new credit requirement for LSEs linked to LSEs' backstop procurement obligations
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July 17, 2026
A report prepared by a consultant retained by the New Jersey BPU in a proceeding to modernize and potentially reform the state’s electric distribution utility business model has raised issues concerning default service, and re-regulation, in citing supply-related affordability concerns, though the…
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July 16, 2026
The District of Columbia PSC ordered that Pepco shall provide an updated cost estimate to implement Green Button Connect My Data (GBCMD) and other implementation measures and functions included in a Customer Impact Working Group report
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July 16, 2026
TLG Commodities Receives Pennsylvania Retail Supplier License
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June 29, 2026
Retail energy supplier Alist Energy LLC applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority
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June 18, 2026
174 Power Global Retail Corporation ("174PG" or "Buyer"), Trieve, LLC ("Trieve" or "Seller") and Powervine Energy, LLC ("Powervine," collectively with Trieve and 174PG, the "Parties" or the "Applicants") have entered into a transaction under which 174PG will acquire 100% of the limited liability…
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June 3, 2026
During a District of Columbia PSC hearing concerning default service and affordability, Mason Emnett, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at Constellation, noted that longer-term SOS contracts would give more protection to customers during periods of market volatility
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May 18, 2026
NextEra Energy, Inc. and Dominion Energy, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction.
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May 13, 2026
MARA Holdings, Inc., which describes itself as an energy and compute infrastructure company, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power LLC ("Long Ridge Energy") from FTAI Infrastructure Inc. ("FTAI Infrastructure") for a total transaction…
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April 3, 2026
Light Energy, LLC ("Light Energy") will act as a retail energy supplier in "several" states in PJM, Light Energy stated in an application for FERC electricity market-based rate authority
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March 24, 2026
Start-up "Virtual Energy Broker" Seeks Pennsylvania Natural Gas License
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March 20, 2026
Texas-based Exsocert LLC applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority
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March 18, 2026
Constellation Energy Corporation and LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC today announced an agreement under which Constellation will sell a portfolio of generation assets in PJM to LS Power, as part of satisfying regulatory commitments related to Constellation’s acquisition of Calpine.
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