A bipartisan Senate bill intended to speed development of advanced nuclear reactors appears to have broad support, but the plants' waste remains an issue.

Pennsylvania joined the U.S. Climate Alliance after releasing its own action plan to achieve a 26% reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.

The spring joint meeting of the Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation and the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body focused on grid reliability and protecting crucial infrastructure.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved zero-emission credits totaling $300 million for the Hope Creek and Salem nuclear plants.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to Illinois’ and New York’s nuclear subsidies, leaving standing appellate court rulings.

Pennsylvania senators waded into the debate over subsidizing the state’s nuclear fleet, questioning owners’ need for a legislative solution.

Critics of a bill to subsidize Pennsylvania’s failing nuclear fleet advised state lawmakers to put the brakes on the proposal, saying it would distort the deregulated energy markets.

Having met its current carbon reduction goal ahead of schedule, Entergy now plans to further slash emissions over the next decade.

Pennsylvania lawmakers proposed another $500 million plan to subsidize the state’s nuclear industry and fought back against critics of providing support.

Despite record-high capacity factors and reduced operating costs, the U.S. nuclear power industry is threatened by federal and state policies and an "increasingly distorted" energy market, NEI CEO Maria Korsnick said.