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.

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.

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Chicago-based Exelon Generation touted its statewide nuclear fleet as helping meet that challenge for electricity demand. The company’s nuclear power plants performed at 99.9 percent reliability ...

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 ...

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 is partnering with Nel Hydrogen and multiple national laboratories to demonstrate an integrated hydrogen production, storage, and utilization facility at an Exelon nuclear plant site ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Exelon Corporation announced today it will move forward to shut down the Clinton, Ill., and Quad-Cities nuclear plants, given the lack of progress on Illinois energy legislation.