News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Exelon, Entergy, ComEd, PSEG and DTE.

PPL and Riverstone Holdings have offered to divest about 1,300 MW of generation from their 15,000-MW combined fleet to avoid market power concerns over their planned spinoff, Talen Energy.

Sea turtles, sturgeon, wetlands and shipping accidents — transmission developers seeking the contract to fix the Artificial Island stability problem invoked all of them and more last week in arguments against their competitors.

The brutal winter weather boosted earnings for many PJM companies in the first quarter, even while some were absorbing huge costs from strategy shifts.

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.

Duke Energy and PSEG reported increased earnings for 2013, thanks largely to regulated operations.

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

Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from Congress, FERC, the D.C. Circuit, the EPA, and other national news.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff signaled Wednesday that the commission may require PJM to change rules requiring demand response providers to provide “sell offer plans” in order to participate in capacity auctions.

PJM planners expect to recommend construction of a $1.2 billion double circuit 345 kV line to address a short circuit problem in the PSEG zone.