Constellation Nuke Plants in Illinois to Seek 20-Year Extensions

Two of Constellation Energy Corp.'s nuclear plants in Illinois will ask the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend their operating licenses by two decades, the company said Monday.

If the requests are approved, Constellation’s Clinton plant in central Illinois could operate until 2047 and Dresden facility in northern Illinois could keep running two units until 2049 and 2051, 20 years past their current license timelines.

Clinton, Dresden, and three other nuclear plants in Illinois received credits under two state laws passed to prevent early retirement as well as nuclear production tax credits from the federal tax and climate measure (Public Law ...