Downstate Illinois’ grid might run out of energy reserves as soon as 2034, per NERC. Northern Illinois’ grid has more reserves but will face decreased levels throughout the next decade.

Customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their electric bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per ...

For overall generation, Illinois is the nation’s sixth-largest energy-consuming and eleventh-largest energy-producing state, and generates more nuclear energy than any other state, according to Energy ...

The grid that stretches from central Canada to the Mississippi river delta is the only power grid in the nation to have that designation, with much of its risk stemming from power plants closing.

We are investing extensively in modernizing the grid, enabling more renewables to come online. Together with our Exelon sister energy companies, we connected more than 32,000 customers to clean ...

New Jersey’s last two coal-fired power plants ceased operations in 2022, and the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, once the nation’s oldest operating nuclear plant, was retired in 2018.

Because central and southern Illinois differ from their northern counterparts in how they make and buy electricity, they’re slipping behind in the race for cheap and reliable power, clean air ...

In one complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), jointly filed with the Illinois and New Jersey agencies, Maryland’s OPC targets PJM Interconnection’s 2025/2026 capacity ...

Northern lights forecasts can be found on NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center website or an aurora forecasting app. Consider aurora-watching in a quiet, dark area away from city lights.

Northern lights forecasts can be found on NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center website or an aurora forecasting app. FILE – The northern lights appear over Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 1, 2025.

Northern lights forecasts can be found on NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center website or an aurora forecasting app. Consider aurora-watching in a quiet, dark area away from city lights.

Great Lakes Energy's online outage map indicates there are still nearly 2,000 people without power in their service area — with a majority of outages in Otsego, Charlevoix, Montmorency and Emmet ...