Closing two nuclear power plants, as Exelon on Thursday says it plans to do, would be bad for Illinois. No one wants to provide a blank check to Exelon to keep the plants open.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has signed off on a plan by Exelon to divest itself of its fleet of 23 nuclear power reactors, including the two at the Limerick Generating Station.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed a deal that would put power customers on the hook for a nearly $700 million bailout of three Exelon nuclear plants, including the plants in Byron and Dresden that ...

Exelon Generation is closing two nuclear power plants in Illinois. MORRIS, Ill. (WLS) -- Exelon Generation announced Thursday it is retiring its Byron and Dresden generating stations in fall of 2021.

On August 27th, 2020, Exelon Corp., one of the largest providers of nuclear power in the United States, announced that it would close two of its nuclear plants in northern Illinois, called Byron ...

Another round of subsidies for Illinois’ nuclear power plants is justified to help meet Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by midcentury, according to an audit of… ...

Exelon's Quad Cities and Three Mile Island nuclear plants have failed to clear the PJM capacity auction for the 2019–2020 planning year, and the future looks grim for at least one of those plants.

Exelon Corp. said Thursday that it will retire two money-losing nuclear plants in Illinois after state lawmakers declined to pass legislation that would have helped keep them running. The company ...

Having failed to get cash-strapped Illinois to provide new state subsidies for three nuclear plants it claimed are losing money in 2015, Exelon, a utility with the largest fleet of nuclear plants in ...

Exelon Corp. said Friday that it would close two nuclear power plants in Illinois if state officials don’t pass legislation that provides funding and support for nuclear and solar power.

Exelon Corp., one of the nation’s biggest utilities operating in 48 states with more than 32,000 megawatts of generating capacity and the nation’s largest fleet of nuclear plants in the U.S. is asking ...

BYRON (WREX) — Exelon says early retirement could happen at three northern Illinois nuclear power plants, including the one in Byron. In its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange ...