Illinois and New York state officials filed briefs citing a recent 2nd Circuit decision in defense of their zero-emission credits for nuclear plants.

Following FERC’s technical conference on tensions between wholesale electric markets and policy initiatives, the commission invited comments on five paths.

Efforts to incorporate New York’s aggressive climate change policies into NYISO markets are focused on the introduction of a carbon price adder.

In response to a request for comments on paths to reconciling policies and wholesale markets, PJM officials told FERC they are pursuing three initiatives.

Panelists at the 154th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable in Boston discussed the recent failure of a nuclear subsidy bill in Connecticut.

Exelon announced that it will retire Three Mile Island Unit 1 in September 2019 “absent needed policy reforms.”

In producing its looking-forward report for SPP, Bates White Economic Consulting says low natural gas prices will continue if technology further improves.

Exelon thinks courts will uphold programs that provide zero-emission credits benefiting its nuclear power plants, executives said in the Q1 earnings call.

NYISO told FERC it is considering a carbon adder as a means to link the state’s zero-emission credits (ZECs) to its wholesale electric market.

TVA's Watts Bar 2 nuclear unit, which went offline in March because of an equipment problem, is expected to remain down until sometime this summer.