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Hails draft bill announced today as a key step forward in addressing climate change - Edited by Chris Smith - In a policy address hosted by Resources for the Future, Exelon Chairman and CEO John Rowe called for the Senate to pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill that puts a price on carbon...

The new nuclear energy plants that are being built, and will be built, over the next decades are clearly the most efficient and safest electricity-generating plants ever designed. The Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear plant, for example, makes use of naturally occurring, passive safety systems that rely on...

Point Carbon Models U.S. Carbon Market From Upcoming Senate Bill - By Linton Levy - Point Carbon's North American Research division has forecasted a price of $31 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in a United States Emissions Trading System (US ETS) from expected parameters of the...

Measure will permit municipalities to buy nuclear energy - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report by newsok.com, a House panel has passed a measure that would allow municipal power authorities to buy electricity from nuclear plants and to invest in a joint venture for a nuclear power plant...

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,...

"There's a lot of people who are moving on this and who are working on some of these members who are kind of on the fence," says state Rep. Joyce Peppin, a Republican from Rogers who has pushed for repealing the ban. - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report by Minnesota Public...

Senate Bill 26 cleared the Senate on a 27-10 vote and is backed by Gov. Steve Beshear - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Legislation to lift Kentucky's ban on the construction of nuclear power plants soared through the Senate on but could...

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...

NRG Energy’s CEO, David Crane, Testifies Before Senate Committee on Climate Change Legislation: Emphasizes Importance of New Nuclear and Electric Vehicles - By Stephen Heiser - David Crane, CEO of NRG Energy, Inc., testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired...