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.

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.

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… ...

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 ...

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'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., 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 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 ...

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 ...

The Illinois Senate on Monday saved two Exelon Corp nuclear power plants from closure by passing a bill that will provide $700 million in subsidies to the company over five years for generating ...