Exelon (EXC +3.3%) and Pepco Holdings (POM +8.7%) spike higher on news that Maryland's Public Service Commission conditionally approves their $6.9B merger by a 3-2 vote.
Exelon (NYSE:EXC) says its Oyster Creek, Quad Cities and Three Mile Island nuclear power plants did not clear in the PJM capacity auction for the 2018-19 planning year.