Illinois legislators on Thursday approved a bill to keep the Exelon Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power plants operating for another decade.

Illinois officials moved closer to a deal to save the Exelon Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power plants following an agreement with the governor.

The New York Public Service Commission approved Entergy’s sale of the FitzPatrick nuclear plant to Exelon, needed to prevent the plant’s imminent closure.

Illinois lawmakers introduced legislation that would provide ratepayer-financed support for nuclear power, coal power, renewables and energy efficiency.

Several companies doing business in the PJM footprint, including PPL, PSEG and Exelon, reported their third-quarter earnings results last week.

Public Citizen protested Entergy’s proposed sale of the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant to Exelon, saying the companies' FERC application failed to include information about the state subsidy that makes the transaction possible.

A group seeking a review of the PJM capacity market decided to make revisions before seeking approval of its initiative.

Five New York City-area legislators wrote to the Public Service Commission questioning the ratepayer-funded nuclear power plant subsidy.

Entergy and Exelon filed a petition with New York regulators Monday seeking approval of Exelon’s purchase of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant.

The PJM Planning Committee and Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee (TEAC) considered the loss of the Quad Cities nuclear plant and discussed Order 1000 rules, $1.1 billion in end-of-life projects for PSE&G and the third RTEP window of the year.