ArcLight Capital seeks FERC approval for acquisition of Ohio gas plant
ArcLight aims for full ownership of the 464-MW Middletown Energy Center in Ohio.
ArcLight aims for full ownership of the 464-MW Middletown Energy Center in Ohio.
The deal would see ArcLight acquire a 25% stake in the 475-MW North Carolina natural gas plant.
The appeal challenges FERC’s acceptance of PJM’s tariff revisions, establishing a fast-track process for certain generation projects to address resource adequacy concerns.
Q-Generation’s assets include power plants in ISO New England, ERCOT, and PJM.
Innergex Renewable Energy’s U.S. portfolio includes assets in PJM, WACM, and NYISO.
The market monitor says the proposal would remove incentives for replacement capacity, potentially impacting reliability and raising costs for consumers.
SparkWire’s Power Project & PPA Roundup, compiling in-service dates and power purchase agreements for renewable and fossil generators, for the two weeks ended June 6.
The deal aims to ensure reliable power for Amazon’s growing Ohio data center operations while protecting AES Ohio customers.
The deal would mark Partners Group’s entry into the ISO New England wholesale power market.
PJM must revise its interconnection agreements to explicitly assign land acquisition duties for network upgrades to transmission owners, not customers.
The deal marks the Canadian company’s entry into the PJM market.
The complaint alleges that indicated energy efficiency sellers lack evidence to support payments for the 2025/2026 capacity market delivery year.
The request sites Trump’s executive order for energy abundance, strong market demand, and the need for enhanced reliability.
The decision hinges on Sayreville reaching an emissions offset agreement with the state of New Jersey before Sept. 1.
The decisions enable two mothballed power plants totaling over 300-MW of capacity to potentially return to service in PJM, addressing capacity needs.
The market monitor challenges the merger’s market power analysis, citing insufficient assessment of transmission constraints and dynamic submarkets.
GenOn Holdings Inc. faces FERC penalties for inaccurate energy market offers in PJM Interconnection.
SparkWire’s Power Project & PPA Roundup, compiling in-service dates and power purchase agreements for renewable and fossil generators, for the week-ended May 16, 2025.
The deal comes ahead of Apollo’s move to acquire another 2.3 GW of gas-fired and hydro assets.
The joint venture helps streamline the interconnection process, optimizing resource utilization for the developers which face long PJM project queues.
Distribution, transmission, and state policies identified as major contributors, challenging assumptions about PJM’s recent record capacity auction.
The split decision seeks to strike a balance between incentivizing transmission development with consumer protection, setting a potential precedent for future projects.
The FERC approval comes amidst a broader inquiry by the agency into PJM’s handling of co-located loads and their impact on the transmission system.
The new rules come as PJM found that more than 20% of loss of load risk occurs in hours outside of the current demand resource availability windows.
The settlement calls for Talen’s generators to bid into PJM’s capacity market, with any revenues to offset customer costs.
BofA’s acquisition makes it a top GenOn owner, alongside distressed debt and private equity investor Strategic Value Partners and investment management firm MacKay Shields.
The proposed deal comes right on the heels of a sale of a New Jersey gas plant by Ares Management.
Settlement with FERC establishes a 10.55% base return on equity for the transmission developer.
One area where many stakeholders find agreement on co-location policies – the need for clearer rules from PJM.
RMI champions co-locating data centers with gas generators and renewables to boost grid reliability and cut emissions.
Virginia’s data center boom is sparking a heated interstate dispute over how to assign costs for billions of dollars in grid upgrades.
The Electric Power Supply Association, PJM Power Providers Group, and several generation companies are stepping up their opposition to PJM’s rules on the co-location of load.
The decision establishes a temporary price cap and floor for 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 delivery years, aiming to balance market stability and consumer protection amid rapid load growth and resource retirements.
Strategic Value Partners will co-own the Pennsylvania generator alongside a group of Japanese energy companies, led by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. and Sojitz Corp.
LSP Digital’s proposal to shift Doswell Generating Station’s capacity to a behind-the-meter data center faces opposition from the PJM Independent Market Monitor.
Rehearing requests were denied for plan to accelerate grid connection for shovel-ready projects, despite concerns from clean energy sector.
The proposal would reduce capacity resource deficiency charges to 100% of a resource’s clearing price, shielding sellers from penalties due to lower calculated reliability benefits.
Exorbitant price increases in PJM’s latest capacity auction are projected to cost New Jersey ratepayers $1.7 billion, prompting calls for the investigation.
SparkWire’s Project & PPA Roundup, tracking project details, updates and PPA terms filed with FERC for the week-ended April 18.
The decision reinforces FERC’s focus on standardized interconnection processes and the high hurdle for non-conforming agreements.
SparkWire’s Project & PPA Roundup, tracking project details, updates and PPA terms filed with FERC for the week-ended April 11.
LS Power’s capacity additions would total 700-MW across the PJM footprint under the grid-operator’s Reliability Resource Initiative.
Pennsylvania’s rate advocate warns the deal gives Constellation nearly 40% of the state’s retail power market, raising anti-competitive concerns.
Williams’ indirect stake in Q-Generation has triggered the FERC review of the board seat.
PJM has designated the multi-state transmission project portfolio as essential to address reliability issues and growing data center loads by 2030.
The deal involves the purchase and leaseback of six units of an Illinois power plant with about 900 MW of capacity.
OPC Power Ventures LP’s acquisition of the equity interest in the 773-MW gas-fired generator comes on the heels of its other purchases of PJM power assets.
Constellation argues that including reliability must-run units as price takers distorts market signals, jeopardizes grid stability and disregards commission precedent in New York and New England.
The proposal, the first change in PJM’s deactivation process in two decades, aims to improve grid reliability planning by updating generator deactivation processes in the face of increasing plant closures.
The extraordinary measure by PJM to speed up generator interconnections comes as the grid manager faces a potential 10 GW capacity gap by the end of the decade.
The company alleges PJM rules discriminate against generators serving fully isolated co-located loads.
Talen argues ‘flawed’ analysis jeopardizes U.S. energy security.
The coalition warns that inaction could lead to consumer costs more than doubling to a staggering $37 billion in the 2026/2027 auction.
The exclusion of RMR capacity in the 2026/2027 auction could cost consumers as much as $14.5B, OPSI says.
Vitol will maintain a stake in the wind farm after the sale.
The waiver corrects for an over-procurement of an estimated 1 GW of capacity.
The coalition warns that inaction could lead to consumer costs more than doubling to a staggering $37 billion in the 2026/2027 auction.
The Japanese auto giant looks to completely divest its equity interest in the two facilities.