AEP celebrated increased second-quarter profits last week, but the company said it still needs the PUCO to approve the so-called “guaranteed rate” plan to support its generating plants.

AEP has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to investigate the sale of its merchant generation fleet in Ohio and Indiana, both coal- and natural gas-fired.

AEP went before PUCO in a rare oral argument to support its request for a power purchase agreement for the Kyger Creek power plant.

FirstEnergy is asking consumers to prop up nuclear and coal generating plants the company says are at risk of closing due to low energy and capacity prices.

FERC clarified last week that its April 2013 order approving AEP’s Ohio restructuring plan does not preempt a court challenge by industrial customers.

A look at the legacy of Todd Snitchler, the colorful, controversial chair of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, who will end his three-year run in April.

WASHINGTON – FERC today rejected settlements by FirstEnergy and Duke Energy affiliates over their moves to PJM, ruling that the companies unfairly imposed transition costs.

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Wednesday asked the Ohio Public Utilities Commission to overturn a motion to compel depositions from the OCC’s witn...