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Potomac Edison proposes 3% rate increases in August & next June

by Kate Shunney Public notice has been released by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia that Potomac Edison, the regional electricity company, has proposed a two-step bas...

PSC give Mon Power/Potomac Edison OK to pursue two-step rate increase proposal

MORGANTOWN – The Public Service Commission on Thursday gave FirstEnergy sisters Mon Power and Potomac Edison the OK to pursue one of the two rate-increase options they presented to...

Exelon, FirstEnergy utilities’ RTO adder targeted by Maryland in FERC complaint

Maryland state agencies asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to end an extra 0.5% return the transmission owners earn for being PJM Interconnection members.

Comcast Files New Pole Complaint Against Virginia Utility

The cable company and the Appalachian Power Company have been unable to resolve a dispute over pole replacement costs

I, Prince of Petworth, Hereby Shout From the Rooftops: Pepco do better. DC, MD and VA must ensure huge data companies pa...

photo by Fritz Myer “Dear PoPville, ‘Tis the season to complain about Pepco, but maybe something will be done if we all make a lot of noise? I keep my […]

Mon Power asks Public Service Commission for a rate increase...again

In what it says is an effort to make its system safer and more reliable, Mon Power and Potomac Edison, two companies that fall under the FirstEnergy banner, have asked the Public S...

PSC receives words of support for proposed Maidsville Energy Center

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Letters and testimony supporting the Mon Power/Potomac Edison plan to build a combined cycle gas plant at their Fort Martin site were received...

Dominion Energy to merge with NextEra Energy: Report

With plans still in place to construct a large-scale transmission line through northern West Virginia, project owner NextEra Energy will now merge with a name West Virginians likel...

Public hearing set for Mon County energy projects

DPNews@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has scheduled a virtual and in-person public comment hearing for July into construction of a $2....

Liberty granted request to add on to state line power station

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Public Service Commission issued an Order approving an agreement and granting a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) to The Empire District...

A look at FirstEnergy’s planned gas-fired plant and Fort Martin

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Dominion Post visited FirstEnergy’s Fort Martin site recently to talk about its proposed new 1,200 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plan...

Mon Power’s proposed new gas-fired plant: PSC hears testimony for and against the project

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Various parties have filed testimony with the Public Service Commission for and against Mon Power and Potomac Edison’s proposed new gas-fired p...

Maryland lawmakers back data center transmission cost complaint at FERC

The PJM Interconnection improperly makes ratepayers pay for data center-driven transmission projects that don’t benefit them, according to Maryland's ratepayer advocate.

Ameren: Large-Load Demand Can Support A Higher-Growth Utility Story

The Many Ways to Measure Virginia’s Electricity Poverty

By Steve Haner, Is Virginia really the number one importer of electricity, the state most dependent upon others to keep the lights on and the servers humming?  Yes and no. The go-t...

Base Power brings cheap batteries to residents in power-starved PJM

PJM Interconnection, which serves 67 million people across 13 states from the mid-Atlantic to the Midwest, has become a poster child for how not to keep up with soaring energy dema...

ComEd Commissions Two New Substations, Unlocking Up To 550MW of Wind Energy to the Grid

New transmission substations in LaSalle and Woodford Counties expand capacity to enable utility scale wind farms while enhancing reliability for surrounding communities. ComEd toda...

DOE extends TransAlta Centralia Unit 2 emergency order

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday said the order to keep the last coal plant in Washington state online is needed to help meet peak summer demand.

FERC approves PJM fast-track review for ‘shovel-ready’ power projects

PJM will consider up to 10 interconnection requests annually over two years for resources of at least 250 MW that can come online in three years.

NextEra-Dominion Energy: Scaling Up The Eastern U.S. To Match Demand

MARL public hearings to begin; some thoughts from NextEra and WATI

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Public Service Commission’s four public hearings on the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project are set to begin on Thursday, June 4. With that...

Largest U.S. power grid orders emergency curbs to avoid blackouts

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Adopts Model Interconnection Tariff for Large Load Customers

Utilities Push Back on FCC’s 30-Day Pole Contractor Approval Rule

Electric companies also say true-up invoices are needed when make-ready costs exceed projections.