• Dec 30, 2024

Pennsylvania governor complains to regulator about PJM's power market rules

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro filed a complaint with a federal energy regulator against PJM Interconnection on Monday, arguing that the largest U.S. power grid operator must change its market rules or risk soaring electricity costs. PJM Interconnection, which runs the electrical grid covering more than 65 million Americans across parts of 13 states from Illinois to New Jersey, has faced increased public scrutiny since July, when it said its annual capacity auction would result in record-high payments to power plants in its system. "It is difficult to escape the conclusion that PJM's capacity market is currently failing," Shapiro, a Democrat, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania said in the complaint filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

  • Dec 30, 2024

Bullish Oil Bets at Four-Month High as Investors Eye 2025 Risks

(Bloomberg) -- Bullish oil bets reached a four-month high in the penultimate week of 2024 as investors position for a new year that will see Donald Trump’s return to the White House.Most Read from BloombergDetroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024Burned Out Parents Need Better Public SpacesMigrant Crisis Pushed US Homelessness to Record High in 2024Money managers boosted net-long positions on West Texas Intermediate by 21,694 lots to 182,895 lots during the week ended Dec.