FERC, DOJ support Illinois nuclear subsidies in court filing

Utility Dive: The Tuesday amicus brief from FERC and DOJ is a blow for opponents of nuclear subsidies, who hoped the courts would throw out the recent state programs designed to keep uneconomic plants from retiring.

In their brief, filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, FERC and DOJ write the Illinois program does not suffer from the "fatal defect" that doomed other state subsidy programs in the courts.

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