Dominion Virginia Power won the rights to develop 2,000 MW of offshore wind in federal waters. But due to high costs and state policies, the utility is making no promises.

Coal boosters who hope carbon capture technology will ensure the fuel’s future will find little support in a report for planners in the Eastern Interconnection.

State briefs from around PJM's footprint. Included this week are Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

News briefs from around the states within the PJM footprint. States covered this week include Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

FirstEnergy began sending layoff notices to workers at two PA coal-fired plants even as PJM notified the company it won’t complete upgrades in time for the planned shutdowns.

FirstEnergy Corp. reached a settlement in a controversial bid to shift a coal-fired generator from its unregulated subsidiary to regulated utility Monongahela Power, but a consumer group says the reduced price is still a bad deal for ratepayers.

VA regulators last week approved Dominion Virginia Power’s request to build a 1,358 MW natural gas-fired generator near Lawrenceville in Brunswick County.

PJM offshore wind took one step forward and one step back as BOEM announced the auction of 112,800 acres off Virginia while the NJ BPU rejected Fishermen's Energy.

NJ's legislature called on state utility regulators to support development of the proposed transmission “backbone” for offshore wind.

Integrating offshore wind into PJM will require billions in new transmission spending. Lines on shore also will have to be upgraded or built.