FERC last week approved Duke Energy Progress’ $1.2 billion purchase of 700 MW of generation from the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include Exelon, Dominion Resources, Duke Energy, DSM and PPL.

FERC approved a revised JOA between PJM and Duke Energy Progress despite protests from the RTO’s IMM that it gives Duke favored treatment on interchange pricing.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Duke Energy is moving away from coal, investing in natural gas-fired generation and committing to a multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline investment.

Duke Energy has filed a plan with North Carolina environmental agencies to remove millions of tons of coal ash from four of its sites in the state, the beginning of a massive coal ash remediation effort the company estimates will cost $3.4 billion.

Cooler summer weather took a toll on the third-quarter profits of electric utilities in PJM's footprint.

PJM should revise its JOA with Duke Energy Progress to reflect the merger between Duke and Progress, according to the Market Monitor.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including PSEG, Duke, FirstEnergy, AEP, Ameren, Constellation and General Motors.

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.