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October 5, 2026
Does Not Recommend Capacity Procurement On Behalf Of Retail Suppliers Under New Law
The Illinois Power Agency has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a proposed electricity default service procurement plan that, at Commonwealth Edison, returns to 100% hedging for energy needs
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".
September 23, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled for November 17, 2026 a technical conference concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
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
September 17, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC are "skeptical" of, "the value of establishing a long-term, open-ended process for procuring [electric] supply in Maryland to alleviate resource adequacy at least cost to ratepayer," Staff said in comments on a preliminary report concerning new capacity policy options
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.
September 11, 2026
The Maryland PSC has opened consideration of using the opt-out process under PJM's reliability backstop procurement (RBP), and issued a series of questions for comment (PC 82)
September 11, 2026
Constellation announced an agreement to acquire 100% of RISEC Holdings, LLC (RISEC), owner of the Rhode Island State Energy Center, from Shell Energy North America, (US), L.P. (SENA), a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), for $715 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
September 10, 2026
PUC Chair Notes Cost Allocation Will Be, "Challenging"
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a motion from Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow to hold a technical conference this fall concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
September 2, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the PSC adopt a proposed expedited schedule filed by the Office of People's Counsel to allow consideration of alternatives to ensure that PJM backstop reliability procurement (RBP) costs are not borne by customers who are not large loads
August 18, 2026
A preliminary report from a consultant retained by the Maryland PSC finds that the utility-owned policy option for new generation procurement, and the build-and-transfer-to-utility policy option, have the "highest regret" among the studied models
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
July 28, 2026
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
July 14, 2026
The Maryland PSC has sought comment on issues related to cost recovery of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement [RBP] proposal
July 14, 2026
PJM Interconnection today announced the results of its 2028/2029 Base Residual Auction, which produced a price of $325/MW-day, which is the FERC-approved price cap
June 12, 2026
A Maryland workgroup report has made non-consensus recommendations regarding implementation of energy storage procurements required to be undertaken by retail electric suppliers and the utilities (for SOS customers) under Public Utilities Article (PUA) § 7-1224 through § 7-1229 (Next Generation…
June 12, 2026
A Maryland workgroup report has made non-consensus recommendations regarding implementation of energy storage procurements required to be undertaken by retail electric suppliers and the utilities (for SOS customers) under Public Utilities Article (PUA) § 7-1224 through § 7-1229 (Next Generation…
June 11, 2026
A report by an auditor retained by the New Jersey BPU examining New Jersey Natural Gas Company (NJNG), and its affiliates, has again recommended more prominent placement of retail choice information on NJNG's website, along with better price to compare information, and a calculator for supply costs
May 28, 2026
The administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro released the Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards for data centers, which are principles which data center projects must meet to merit the Commonwealth’s support through mechanisms such as fast track permitting and…
May 28, 2026
Interstate Gas Supply, LLC said in comments to the PUC of Ohio that PUCO should, as a condition of PUCO approval of the acquisition of Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, LLC by National Fuel Gas Company (NFGC), require NFGC to expand the amount of pipeline capacity made available to competitive retail…
May 26, 2026
The Illinois Power Agency has posted winning prices from the spring 2026 capacity procurement for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
May 15, 2026
The District of Columbia PSC will hold a Legislative-Style Hearing on June 3, "to discuss key drivers and possible solutions to the recent increases in the 'generation' portion of a residential customer’s bill," with PSC Commissioner Richard Beverly in a memo describing the hearing as, "an…
May 6, 2026
PJM: Standard 1-3 Year Forward Hedging Used For Most Default Service Is, "Wholly Insufficient To Protect Consumers From The Cost Impacts Of A Sustained Supply Deficit"
April 29, 2026
The Midcontinent ISO posted results from the 2026-27 Planning Resource Auction (capacity auction)
April 28, 2026
Alpha Generation (AlphaGen) announced that it has entered into a 10-year agreement with the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) to supply to SMECO electricity and capacity from AlphaGen's Keys Energy Center located in Brandywine, Maryland, which is within SMECO's Maryland electric…
