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July 17, 2017
Ill. Nuke Subsidy Ruling Boosts States' Clean Energy Push
A federal judge's Friday dismissal of challenges to Illinois' plan to subsidize struggling nuclear power plants is another endorsement of the broad authority of states to craft clean energy policies and will further inspire states to ramp up their renewable power requirements in the face of a fossil fuel-friendly Trump administration, experts say.
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July 11, 2017
Utilities, Illinois Spar Over Allco Ruling In Subsidy Fight
Illinois power producers and the state government sparred Monday over the significance of a Second Circuit ruling on Connecticut's renewable energy incentive program to their own federal court fight over nuclear power plant subsidizes.
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May 18, 2017
Nuke Plant Subsidy Plan Is Legally Sound, Ill. Says
The state of Illinois told a federal judge Wednesday its plan to subsidize struggling nuclear power plants is well within the state's authority under the Federal Power Act, saying the plan's challengers wrongly envision an electricity regulatory landscape devoid of any considerations that aren't economic.
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April 27, 2017
Quorumless FERC Sits Out Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidy Fight
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday it would not weigh in on whether the state's plan to subsidize struggling nuclear power plants intrudes on the agency's authority to oversee wholesale electricity rates, as a coalition of power producers claims.
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April 25, 2017
Judge Wants FERC Input In Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidy Fight
As challengers of Illinois' plans to subsidize struggling nuclear power plants argued that despite what the state says, the subsidies directly affect wholesale electricity rates in violation of the Federal Power Act, an Illinois federal judge on Monday asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to weigh in on the issue.
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April 13, 2017
Green Groups Back Illinois Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Environmental, public health and consumer groups on Wednesday threw their support behind Illinois as the state defends itself against a legal challenge to its plans to subsidize two struggling nuclear power plants, blasting the argument that the subsidies usurp the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority over wholesale electricity markets.
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February 15, 2017
Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidies Flout FERC, Power Cos. Say
A power producer coalition on Tuesday sued to overturn Illinois' plans to subsidize two struggling nuclear power plants in an echo of similar litigation launched against nuclear subsidies offered by New York state, claiming the incentives usurp the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's exclusive authority over wholesale electricity markets.