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Illinois House Passes Energy Transition Act
The Illinois House approved Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s massive Energy Transition Act, sending the bill back to the Senate for expected concurrence on Monday.
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Illinois Energy Transition Act Still Being Debated
Illinois lawmakers continue to debate a landmark energy bill aimed at fighting climate change ahead of a Sept. 13 to save the Byron nuclear plant.
PJM
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Aug. 31, 2021
PJM is recommending using an installed reserve margin of 14.6%, slightly up from 14.4% required in 2020.
Prairie State Energy Campus
Illinois Energy Bill with Funding for Exelon’s Nukes Still Stuck
Illinois officials agree on subsidizing three Exelon nuclear plants, but the fate of the 1,600-MW Prairie State coal plant remains a contentious issue.
Duke Energy
Duke Highlights Renewable Efforts in Q2 Call
Duke Energy touted its ongoing “clean energy transformation” through its five-year, $59 billion growth capital plan during the company’s second-quarter earnings call.
NRC
Exelon CEO: Looming Nuclear Plant Closures will be ‘Irreversible’
Exelon said its Byron and Dresden nuclear plants are likely to close because of slow progress on federal and state legislation that would rescue them.
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PSEG Close to Fossil Asset Sale
PSEG said it expects to be out of the fossil fuel business by the first quarter of next year and is considering investing in another offshore wind project.
Helion Energy
Washington Company Scales up Fusion Energy Efforts
A Washington-based fusion energy company is expanding its operation in the drive to become the first to develop a commercially viable fusion reactor.
NRC
NRC Conducting Special Inspection of Davis-Besse
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Davis-Besse nuclear plant after a "complicated" reactor trip in July and diesel generator failures.
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New Jersey Supreme Court Declines Nuclear Subsidy Appeal
New Jersey’s Supreme Court declined to certify an appeal challenging an appellate court ruling upholding subsidies for the state's nuclear plants.

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