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December 24, 2024

Calpine

PJM Generators Seek Support for Cost of Capital Boost
One issue raised at last week’s PJM Market Summit concerned the 8% after-tax weighted average cost of capital (ATWACC) the PJM Board of Managers submitted.
Duke, ECP Deals Boost PJM Rank
Dynegy announced Friday it will nearly double its capacity with the purchase of about 12,400 MW of generation from Duke Energy and private equity firm Energy Capital Partners.
Quarterly Earnings a Chance to Highlight News
A summary of the second-quarter 2014 earnings reports of major corporations doing business in PJM.
PJM Welcomes Rule’s ‘Flexibility’; Generators’ Views Mixed
PJM and several member companies weighed in with reactions to the EPA's proposed GHG rule and its carbon emission limits.
Company Briefs
News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: this week including Calpine Corp., Public Service Enterprise Group, Exelon Corp., Duke Energy Corp., PPL Corp. and Dominion Virginia Power.
PJM, FERC Defend Reliability Efforts in Senate Hearing
PJM and FERC were summoned to Capitol Hill last week to defend their actions to ensure reliability — FERC in response to sabotage concerns, PJM in the wake of an extraordinary winter that featured more near calamities than a James Bond movie.
Transmission Briefs
Calpine announced SPS to accommodate Susquehanna-Roseland construction while PPL posted new line designations.
Company Briefs
News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: Ameren, Calpine, Duke and First Energy.
FERC OKs Limits on DR in Capacity Auction – UPDATE
FERC approved PJM’s proposal to cap the amount of Limited and Extended Summer demand response that clears in the annual base capacity auction, an action expected to increase capacity prices.
Generators: Ban Planned DR
PJM generators told FERC that it should go beyond PJM’s qualification rules for demand response providers — with some proposing that planned DR resources be banned from the capacity market.

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