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 23, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled for November 17, 2026 a technical conference concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
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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 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
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September 14, 2026
As the Pennsylvania PUC released a report from a consultant indicating that, by 2030, a modeled reliability risk is nearly six times worse than PJM's planning standard due to data center growth, Pennsylvania PUC Chair Steve DeFrank stated, "The PUC will continue doing everything within our authority…
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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)
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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
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September 8, 2026
The Maryland and Delaware PSCs have each approved changes to the electricity SOS procurements under which the states' investor-owned electric utilities, including BGE, Pepco, Delmarva (both states), and Potomac Edison, will, under their full requirements contracts for SOS, transfer responsibility…
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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
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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 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
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August 17, 2026
As other Exelon-owned utilities have done , Delmarva Power in Delaware has proposed that responsibility for PJM Billing Line Item 1935, U.S. DOE 202C charges, be transferred to the utility, rather than being the responsibility of the wholesale SOS supplier
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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
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 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 14, 2026
The Maryland PSC has sought comment on issues related to cost recovery of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement [RBP] proposal
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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
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June 19, 2026
Retail suppliers have opposed several new demand response programs proposed by Dayton Power & Light (AES Ohio) which DP&L has included in a proposed multi-year reliability plan filed at the PUC of Ohio (a proceeding similar to a rate case)
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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 15, 2026
Commonwealth Edison in Illinois has filed final updates to the Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs) and PJM Services Charges (Transmission Services Charge) for electricity default service customers for the period starting June 1, 2026
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May 8, 2026
During an earnings call yesterday, Jim Burke, president and CEO of Vistra, said that the discussion of resource adequacy in PJM should focus on LSEs providing different levels of attributes (such as firm capacity and/or energy) as sought by varying customers.
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May 6, 2026
OCC Seeks Cap On Transmission Cost Rate Increases
In comments in a PUC of Ohio rulemaking concerning transmission cost recovery, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Energy Group (OMAEG) proposed language that would make all transmission costs bypassable
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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"
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