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• Illinois State Senate Approves Bill To Allow New Nuclear Power Plants

  Business and labor groups supported the legislation. Illinois has six operating nuclear plants with 11 reactors - By Stephen Heiser - The Illinois Senate has voted to drop 23-year-old ban on building nuclear power plants in Illinois. The measure was sent to the House on a bipartisan 40-1 vote, with two lawmakers voting present. ... Posted Mar 17 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Exelon, construction, bill, ENERGY, nuclear, power, ban, early site permit, esp, senate, new build, senator, Illinois, Mike Jacobs, reverse, State Senate, Approves

• Exelon Launches New Web Site Featuring Fresh Content, Improved User Experience

  Engaging site redesign focuses on five areas of importance to Exelon - By Linton Levy - Exelon reinforces its corporate vision and environmental commitment in its new and improved corporate Web site at www.exeloncorp.com. The site now features easy-to-use navigation tools and fresher, more focused content about Exelon and its family of companies. ... Posted Mar 04 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Exelon, ENERGY, website, web, nuclear, power, experience, user, internet

• Exelon CEO: Cap-and-Trade Legislation Most Economic Path To Low-Carbon Future For Indiana

  Under cap-and-trade, carbon-intensive Midwest adds jobs, remains competitive - By Stephen Heiser - In an address to the Indiana Council on World Affairs and Indiana Businesses for a Clean Energy Economy, Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe said yesterday that cap-and-trade is the most economic way to address climate change, especially in carbon-intensive Indiana, which gets about 95 percent of its energy from coal. ... Posted Jan 25 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: cap and trade, Exelon, legislation, John Rowe, ENERGY, nuclear, power, CEO, statement, rowe, Indiana

• Exelon Announces Q4 And Full Year 2009 Results

  Company reaffirms 2010 Earnings Guidance, Reports Nuclear Performance - By Chris Smith - Exelon Corporation (Exelon) announced fourth quarter and full year 2009 consolidated earnings as follows. ... Posted Jan 25 2010, 08:34 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Exelon, John Rowe, ENERGY, nuclear, power, quarterlies, finacials, CEO, rowe, Q4, full year

• GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy And Exelon Deal To Increase Cancer-Treatment Isotope Supply

  Developing a U.S. domestic supply of isotopes capable of meeting demands is imperative to the well-being of the U.S. population - By Linton Levy - Seeking to address a growing demand for the domestic and global supply of cobalt-60, a radioisotope used for treating cancer and other biomedical applications, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Exelon Generation Company have agreed to a landmark deal to deploy GEH’s isotope generation technology. ... Posted Jan 20 2010, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Exelon, GEH, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GE Hitachi, nuclear, cancer, Radioisotope, Global Nuclear Fuel, treatment, cancer treatment, nuclear medicine, isotope, cobalt-60

• Shaw Looks To Uprates To Create $25 Billion Market In The U.S.

  Exelon and Entergy have announced plans to uprate some of their reactors. Shaw already provides fleet-wide maintenance services to these companies - By Stephen Heiser - During a presentation of Shaw financials, Shaw's chairman Jim Bernhard said that 37 reactors out of the USA's total of 104 had already completed or were in the process of implementing power uprates. According to Bernhard, Shaw had participated in more than half of these uprates, helping to add over 3000 MWe to the grid - about the equivalent of three new reactors. ... Posted Jan 11 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Entergy, Exelon, maintenance, Shaw, uprate, reactor, plants, Shaw Group, nuclear, quad cities, Dresden, Peach Bottom, market, grand gulf, jim bernhard, LaSalle, limerick

• Exelon Nuclear To Install New Sirens Around Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant

  New sirens to include battery back-up power - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Nuclear will begin a project this week to replace all 97 emergency sirens in the 10 miles around Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station with sirens that include battery back up. The first phase of the project will have contractors visit each siren location to plan for new siren installation. ... Posted Jan 05 2010, 08:23 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Exelon, Upgrades, Safety, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Peach Bottom, sirens, exelon nuclear

• Exelon Institutes Corrective Actions At Peach Bottom Plant, Other Facilities Under Settlement Agreement With NRC

  The settlement was achieved under the NRC’s Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) process after two violations of agency regulations were identified - By Linton Levy - Exelon Generating Co., LLC, is implementing a series of corrective actions designed to deter deliberate misconduct by employees at... Posted Dec 04 2009, 08:54 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Exelon, correction, ENERGY, power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Peach Bottom, corrective actions, ADR: nuclear, Alternate Dispute Resolution

• NRC Monitoring Company’s Response To Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Contamination

  The levels of contamination were low and do not pose a health or safety concern. No radioactivity left the site as a result of the event and there was no threat to public health and safety - By Stephen Heiser - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continuing to monitor Exelon’s actions in response... Posted Nov 25 2009, 08:51 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Exelon, maintenance, Safety, TMI, three mile island, alarm, millirem, repairs, workers

• TMI Safe: Normal Outage Work At Three Mile Island Resumes

  Event cause traced to airflow change inside containment building - Edited by Randy Brich - Outage workers at Three Mile Island Unit 1 who were sent home Saturday evening returned to work Sunday and today and normal outage work has resumed. About 150 workers stationed in the containment building of TMI... Posted Nov 24 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Exelon, maintenance, Safety, TMI, three mile island, alarm, millirem, repairs, workers

• Exelon CEO Says Minimizing Consumer Costs is Key Issue in Climate Debate

  John Rowe discusses how cap-and-trade legislation works to limit costs - By Linton Levy - Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe said today that current legislative proposals on climate will minimize costs to consumers while addressing the imminent threat of global warming. In a keynote speech at the National... Posted Nov 18 2009, 08:17 AM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Exelon, John Rowe, ENERGY, nuclear, power, climate, CEO, rowe, naruc, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

• Business And Environmental Groups Unite Supporting Climate Legislation

  Exelon CEO and NRDC president say cap-and-trade bill essential to the economy, environment - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation.... Posted Nov 06 2009, 08:12 AM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Exelon, meeting, politics, bill, exelon generation, legilsation

• Exelon CEO Supports Climate Legislation Before Key U.S. Senate Committee

  Calls for Protections for Utility Customers, Cost-Containment and Additional Nuclear Provisions - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe, in testimony today before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, called for passage of a comprehensive climate and energy bill to... Posted Nov 02 2009, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Exelon, legislation, John Rowe, climate, Congress, kerry, senate, boxer, testimony

• Exelon Announces Q3 Results; Narrows Full Year 2009 Earnings Guidance

  Exelon’s adjusted (non-GAAP) operating earnings for the third quarter of 2009 were $633 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, compared with $706 million, or $1.07 per diluted share, for the same period in 2008 - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Corporation has announced that its third quarter 2009 consolidated... Posted Oct 26 2009, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Exelon, ENERGY, nuclear, power, quarterlies, finacials, results, rowe

• Exelon's Peach Bottom Unit 3 Returns To Service Following Planned Refueling And Maintenance Outage

  During this outage, workers replaced about one-third of the uranium fuel and completed a large number of equipment maintenance tasks - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Nuclear’s Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 3 resumed generating electricity on Oct. 13 at 1:16 a.m. ET for Pennsylvania and Maryland... Posted Oct 14 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, Exelon, maintenance, Safety, refueling, outage, fuel, Maryland, Peach Bottom, reliability, pennsylvania, planned