A New Hampshire energy broker wants to dust off a so-far unused 1978 state law that allows small hydro producers to sell electricity directly to customers.

FERC proposed Thursday to change when it assesses annual charges to hydropower operators that are not state and municipal entities.

FERC denied an application by Northern States Power to terminate its mandatory purchase obligation from Twin Cities Hydro.

Hydro-Quebec is looking to expand its exports to its long-standing customers in the Northeast power markets, a Quebec spokeswoman told the Connecticut Power and Energy Society.

Three New England states are combining their buying power to purchase clean energy resources and transmission to deliver it.

MISO's Board of Directors approved MTEP 14, a $2.5 billion package of 369 transmission projects, including the 500-kV Great Northern Transmission Line.

Exelon sold its 67% interest in Safe Harbor Hydroelectric Project, one of four run-of-the-river hydro facilities on the lower Susquehanna River, to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, L.P. for $613 million

PJM’s newest hydropower project will be barely large enough to power nine homes. But if some visionaries have their way, it will be the start of a trend that could add up to substantial new power source.

Advanced energy storage is ready to move beyond pilot projects and into day-to-day operations. But it will take rule changes and cost reductions for the technologies to reach their potential.

Company briefs on some of the companies doing business in PJM: FirstEnergy, NRG, Duke Energy, and Pepco.