FERC affirmed its June order reducing the return on equity for the NETOs, ordering the companies to provide refunds from Oct. 1, 2011.

Exelon is joining with two other companies to build an emission-free natural gas-fired power plant using a new technology called the Allam Cycle.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Dynegy, FirstEnergy, Dominion, Southern Co. and Xcel Energy.

NIPSCO has reached an agreement with environmentalists and consumer advocates on a new renewables tariff that will boost payments to small wind farms.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including PSEG, FirstEnergy, AEP, Dominion, TVA, PPL, ComEd and NRG.

Duke Energy and Exelon should be among the companies barred from acquiring any generation divested by PPL as part of its Talen Energy spinoff, the IMM told FERC.

Constellation Energy and demand side management specialist Comverge said last week they are combining their demand response businesses for C&I customers.

Exelon, which last month announced it would spend $500 million to build two natural gas-fired plants in Texas, is selling two other gas plants.

Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel is recommending that regulators set tougher energy-efficiency targets for the state’s utilities.

Duke Energy is joining a novel $8 billion project using wind and salt mines to provide power, the first time underground compressed-air storage would be used on such a scale in the U.S.