Several PJM utilities released their fourth quarter earnings last week, but none made news like Exelon, which warned that it may shut down some of its nuclear generating stations if they can't compete against subsidized renewable generators and stubbornly low natural gas prices.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: Dominion, Duke, Exelon, and AEP.

FERC clarified last week that its April 2013 order approving AEP’s Ohio restructuring plan does not preempt a court challenge by industrial customers.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: AEP, Dominion, First Energy, GDF Suez Energy, and Iberdrola USA.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: AEP, Duke and small businesses exploring airborne turbines.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

PJM is adding more items to the to-do list resulting from the September heat wave, during which officials ordered limited load sheds to prevent a wider transmission collapse.

Impatient over the pace of progress, FERC said it will monitor meetings focused on eliminating barriers to the coordination of energy across the PJM-MISO seam.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: AEP, ComEd, Pepco and PPL.

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