Industrial, commercial and institutional energy customers in New York called on FERC to reject an agreement to keep the Ginna nuclear power plant operating.

Maryland's Attorney General called on state regulators to reject Exelon’s acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc., while the companies more than doubled their offer of ratepayer incentives.

D.C.’s consumer advocate asked the PSC last week for more time to respond to Exelon’s sweetened offer in its proposed $6.8 billion acquisition of Pepco.

Exelon’s year-long lobbying campaign has won bipartisan backing for a bill that would charge Illinois electricity users a fee to ensure continued operation of three nuclear generators that the company says are unprofitable.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include Duke, Dominion, Ameren and Exelon.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include Ameren, NextEra, Xcel, Calpine, Exelon, PPL, NRG, PSEG, Dynegy and AEP.

In a bid to win D.C.’s approval of its takeover of Pepco, Exelon last week more than doubled the amount of customer credits it is offering.

Exelon reported fourth-quarter earnings Friday of $18 million ($0.02/share), compared with $495 million ($0.58/share) in 2013.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include Duke, Entergy, PPL, Ameren, FirstEnergy, Dominion, TVA and PSE&G.

Exelon’s $6.8 billion bid to acquire Pepco took two steps forward when it gained approvals from both the New Jersey BPU and the staff of the Delaware PSC.