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 transmiss…
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...
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...