Exelon prioritized improving "our regulatory outlook in Illinois," CEO Calvin Butler said, after the state's Commerce Commission rejected ComEd's integrated grid plan for failing to meet core provisions of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.

PJM wants to take a more holistic look at how the grid’s supply chain works and factor the findings into its markets.

A decade of shale gas production has had a major impact, panelists said during a power industry seminar focusing on the Marcellus shale.

Commissioner Norman Bay gave his perspective on the impact of the shale gas revolution in a FERC order approving a pipeline.

Constitution Pipeline denied allegations made by the New York attorney general  that it encouraged illegal tree cutting by landowners in defiance of a FERC prohibition.

FERC staff released a draft environmental impact statement on Williams Partners’ Atlantic Sunrise Project; comments due by June 27th.

A new report by Morningstar predicts on-peak prices at PJM’s West Hub will result in “historically high” spark spreads in delivery year 2015-16.

Natural gas demand and production both set records in 2014, while gas trading declined for the fourth straight year, FERC reported last week.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned fracking in the state, saying there was insufficient data to overcome concerns over the practice’s health risks.

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