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Exelon is threatening to shutter three nuclear plants in northern Illinois, which together power the equivalent of 5.5 million homes in the region.

Wow, just when you thought you were doing the right thing in trying to conserve energy, your electric bill may in for a shocker, whether you conserve or not.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Exelon Corp. has until Oct. 1 to decide if it'll close its unprofitable Quad Cities nuclear plant, and is still pushing state lawmakers for a fix. The company says the two-reactor plant in northwestern Illinois is losing money because of high costs of moving electricity along transmission lines shared with wind power and increased competition from lower-cost natural gas-fired plants

We've spent a good deal of time on the show discussing the future of the Exelon nuclear power plant in Byron. For a while, officials with the company have been warning of a potential closure in the near future because of its inability to make money on the plant...

We’ve been keeping a close eye on the continuing discussion about the future of Exelon’s nuclear power plants in Illinois. This interview from 2014 outlines the problems the nearby Byron plant and others around the state currently are having...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Exelon nuclear power plants want to be credited as clean energy in order to avoid closing. New legislation would require utilities to reward producers of low carbon energy, including nuclear power plants...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Exelon is asking state lawmakers for help in keeping three nuclear power plants open. Exelon says its plants in Byron, Clinton and the Quad Cities are losing money. “The losses are caused more by faulty market mechanisms than anything else...

We've been keeping a close eye on the continuing discussion about the future of Exelon's nuclear power plants in Illinois. This interview from 2014 outlines the problems the nearby Byron plant and others around the state currently are having...

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