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January 5, 2026
Vistra Corp. today announced that it has executed definitive agreements to acquire Cogentrix Energy, consisting of 10 "modern" natural gas generation facilities totaling approximately 5,500 MW of capacity.
December 23, 2025
With an eye towards affordability and price stability, the District of Columbia PSC has initiated a biennial review of the electricity SOS process
December 18, 2025
Citing projected shortfalls in electric capacity in New York City, the New York PSC ordered ConEdison to file an NYC Reliability Contingency Plan and, in parallel with identifying potential solutions ConEd could undertake itself to solve, or contribute to solving, the anticipated reliability needs…
December 17, 2025
Conduit Power, LLC has entered into financial agreements with Diamondback Energy, Inc. and Granite Ridge Resources related to Conduit’s development of 200 megawatts of new natural gas power generation assets for the sale of energy and ancillary services in ERCOT
December 17, 2025
PJM Capacity Prices From 2027-28 BRA Remain Elevated, Marginally Higher Than 2026-27
PJM's Base Residual Auction for capacity for the 2027-28 delivery year produced a resource clearing price of $333.44 per MW-day for all zones with no separation
December 11, 2025
The Maryland PSC has sought comments on various measures to build new generation, including a model where utilities take ownership of the generation
December 9, 2025
ERCOT said in a market notice that ERCOT is making a pre-release draft version of the Report on Capacity, Demand and Reserves in the ERCOT Region (CDR) available for review and comment before the official release on December 21, 2025.
December 1, 2025
The Illinois Attorney General announced that some default service customers at Ameren Illinois will receive on their electric bill beginning in December a one-time credit reflecting proceeds from a previously reported $33 million settlement with Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC and Illinois Power…
October 23, 2025
The Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia requested from the D.C. PSC an enlargement of time to file part two of the PJM Capacity Auction Task Force Recommendation Report, the development of which had been directed by the PSC as part of the PSC's investigation into the impact…
October 22, 2025
Vistra today announced that it has completed the acquisition of seven natural gas generation facilities, totaling approximately 2,600 MW of capacity, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners.
October 2, 2025
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the fall capacity procurement for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
October 1, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has directed that a higher capacity proxy price be used in Pepco's 2025-2026 RFP for electricity SOS supplies
September 30, 2025
The Maryland PSC opened a solicitation process under the Next Generation Energy Act signed earlier this year (SB 937/HB 1035)
September 29, 2025
Vistra Corp. today announced that it will build two new natural gas power units, together totaling 860 megawatts, on-site at its Permian Basin Power Plant
August 18, 2025
The Illinois Power Agency has issued for comment a draft default service procurement plan which, among other things, seeks comment on the use of multi-year capacity hedges for default service, rather than relying solely on RTO capacity auctions
July 31, 2025
A settlement, which would resolve several complaints at FERC against Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC and Illinois Power Marketing Company ("Dynegy"), would allocate $33 million of the settlement payment to Ameren Illinois, with such $33 million then distributed by Ameren Illinois to only Ameren…
July 22, 2025
Capacity prices for the Rest of RTO region in PJM's base residual auction for the 2026-27 delivery year spiked 21% to $329.17 per MW-day, compared to the price from the 2025-26 BRA, with the latest capacity price increase coming during a time in which lawmakers in several PJM states have discussed…
June 18, 2025
During today's Maryland PSC administrative meeting, as the PSC addressed a Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative tariff filing related to SOS, Commissioner Michael Richard praised SMECO's portfolio approach to SOS given the current PJM capacity market
May 29, 2025
In a letter order dated May 29, the Maryland PSC ordered that increased capacity costs for electricity SOS at Baltimore Gas & Electric shall not be reflected in the mass market SOS rates which take effect June 1, 2025, after having ostensibly approved tariff pages on May 28 which would have included…
May 28, 2025
The Maryland PSC, as part of approving several updates in Baltimore Gas & Electric's SOS electricity rates, approved a change in BGE's "energy rate", for the period June 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025, due to updated capacity costs
May 27, 2025
The Midcontinent ISO on May 25 stated that MISO issued a load shed request of approximately 600 MW in Louisiana to Entergy and Cleco Power to maintain the reliability of the bulk electric system.
May 21, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has directed a PSC-created task force to develop and file recommendations on what improvements might be made locally to address the impacts of the PJM 2025/2026 delivery year capacity auction on District consumers
May 20, 2025
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has signed SB 937 which requires "each electricity supplier" to purchase energy storage capacity credits under a state procurement program
May 16, 2025
In the CDR, ERCOT stated, "One scenario in this CDR -- using 'Protocol Prescribed' capacity resources and the new ERCOT Adjusted Load Forecast—indicates that summer Planning Reserve Margins for 2026 through 2030 decrease significantly from year to year, and cross over to negative values in 2028. (In…
May 15, 2025
Vistra Corp. today announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire seven natural gas generation facilities, totaling approximately 2,600 MW of capacity, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners ("Lotus").
