SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--September 17, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With one eye on the clock and the other on the future, Illinois legislators this month passed and the governor signed into law an energy policy bill that includes nearly $700 million in payments to Exelon (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) to keep four of its economically challenged Illinois nuclear power plants open.

Other companies featured: Vistra Corporation (NYSE:VST)