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Shareholders OK Dynegy/Vistra merger; Great Plains/Westar deal wins FERC nod

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Dynegy, Vistra shareholders approve merger

Vistra Energy Corp. and Dynegy Inc. shareholders have approved the all-stock plan of merger between the merchant generators, according to separate March 2 filings.

FERC signs off on Great Plains/Westar merger of equals

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission signed off on a stock-for-stock merger of equals between Great Plains Energy Inc. and Westar Energy Inc. The new holding company will be worth approximately $14 billion.

Report: NextEra offers debt reduction, customer refunds in Santee Cooper talks

NextEra Energy Inc. has offered to eliminate $8 billion in debt and provide $200 million in customer refunds in its latest move for South Carolina utility Santee Cooper.

Wall Street giants jockey to run sale of Jacksonville, Fla., utility

Seven Wall Street investment banks have submitted pitches to handle the potential sale of JEA, with most of them framing the current market as primed for municipal asset purchases or partnerships.

ECP-led consortium to close Calpine buyout by March 8

An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners agreed to close the $5.6 billion private buyout of Calpine Corp. by March 8.

Former Iberdrola executives' new venture targets 3,000-MW wind portfolio

A new joint venture created by former Iberdrola SA executives and French investment firm Ardian has made its first acquisition under a plan to acquire 3,000 MW of renewable energy projects in the United States.

Fortum set to pursue deals for heating providers

Finnish state-controlled electric utility Fortum Oyj is planning other acquisitions after its failed bid for a majority control of Uniper SE, Reuters reported.

NRG to sell Boston Energy unit, cut debt by $640M, pursue $1B share repurchases

NRG Energy Inc. agreed to sell its Boston Energy Trading & Marketing LLC subsidiary to Diamond Generating Corp. for an undisclosed sum, NRG announced in its fourth-quarter earnings release.

NRG Energy seeks FERC approval for generation asset sales

NRG Energy Inc. in two separate applications asked FERC to approve the sale of fossil-fueled generating assets in Louisiana and its yieldco and renewable energy development business.

ENGIE to acquire solar business SoCore from Edison International

French energy giant ENGIE SA subsidiary ENGIE North America Inc. on March 5 announced an agreement to acquire solar developer SoCore Energy LLC from Edison International.

Investor group acquires electrical contractor from Exelon

A syndicate of investors led by private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP on Feb. 28 announced that it closed the acquisition of the electrical contractor W.A. Chester from Exelon Corp.

FERC approves InterGen to divest Mexico assets

FERC on March 5 granted InterGen NV authorization to sell ownership stakes in several subsidiaries and assets to El Aguila Holdings BV.

Entergy, NorthStar reach settlement with Vermont agencies on Vermont Yankee sale

Entergy Corp. and NorthStar Group Services Inc. settled the proposed sale of the closed Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant with several Vermont state agencies.

FERC clears Shell to buy stake in Silicon Ranch

Silicon Ranch Corp secured FERC's approval to sell an approximately 43.84% stake to a Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary Shell New Energies US LLC for up to $217 million in cash.

Avangrid completes sale of gas trading business

Avangrid Renewables Holdings Inc. on March 2 said it completed the sale of its Houston-based natural gas trading business, ENSTOR Energy Services LLC, to a subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International LLC.

Eversource wins FERC approval to sell 9 hydrofacilities

FERC has approved a request by Public Service Co. of New Hampshire to sell nine hydroelectric generating facilities totaling 63.1 MW to a subsidiary of private equity firm Hull Street Energy LLC and its affiliates.

FERC allows Utah municipal utility group to acquire wind farm

FERC on March 1 approved UT Associated Mun Power Systems to acquire the 57.6-MW Horse Butte wind farm in Bonneville County, Idaho.

MDU to acquire 48-MW ND wind expansion project from ALLETE

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. agreed to acquire a 48-MW expansion of the Thunder Spirit Wind Farm in North Dakota from ALLETE Clean Energy.

FERC clears Duke Energy's sale of equity interest in NY solar facility

FERC approved Duke Energy Renewables Solar's proposed sale of a noncontrolling, passive equity interest in the 24.9-MW Shoreham Solar Commons facility to BAL Investment & Advisory Inc.

Just Energy closes $14M purchase of EdgePower

Just Energy Group Inc. closed its $14 million acquisition of EdgePower Inc., an energy monitoring and management company operating out of Aspen, Colo.

SunPower sells community solar portfolio in New York City

SunPower Corp. struck a deal to off-load a portfolio of community solar projects in New York City to Green Street Power Partners LLC for an undisclosed sum.

SSE Retail, NPower seek approval of UK markets authority for merger

SSE Retail Ltd and NPower filed with the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority for approval of their proposed merger. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2018 or in the first quarter of 2019.

DKV, innogy form JV to improve electric vehicle charging services across Europe

Mobility service provider DKV EURO SERVICE GmbH + Co. KG and innogy SE announced plans to form a joint venture to improve and streamline billing services for electric vehicle charging stations across Europe.

Acciona to sell 5 Spanish solar-thermal plants

Acciona SA has reached an agreement to sell five solar-thermal power plants in Spain to ContourGlobal plc for approximately €1.09 billion.