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SPRINFFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn's effort to block ComEd from hiking rates was rejected by state lawmakers on Wednesday. The House voted 71-44 to override Quinn's veto of the legislation, the minimum number of votes needed to do so. The vote came a day...

Peoples Gas has dropped its request for automatic rate hikes on home heating bills to pay to replace aging pipes below city streets. Chicago's Peoples Gas is floating legislation in Springfield that would add a surcharge onto utility bills to pay for a...

Peoples Gas has dropped its request for automatic rate hikes on home heating bills to pay to replace aging pipes below city streets. The natural gas utility is now floating new legislation in Springfield that would add a surcharge onto its utility bills...

May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....

Five years ago, Illinois passed legislation requiring electric suppliers to buy more renewable energy such as wind and solar power and then pass those costs on to customers. The intent of the mandate was to have so-called green electricity accounting...

May 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Apple, Berkshire Hathaway and Walt Disney, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apple : Barclays ups target price to $525 from $465; rating...

May 3 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Estee Lauder and MGM Resorts, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * LinkedIn Corp : BMO, JP Morgan, Canaccord Genuity, others raise...

May 3 (Reuters) - The following lists the NRC's schedule for deciding the combined construction and operating license (COL) applications for new reactors and certifying new reactor designs. The schedules for several new reactors and designs have been...

Reports: Challenger job cuts for April, 6:30 a.m.; Initial jobless claims for week ended April 27, 7:30 a.m.; Productivity/costs for first quarter, 7:30 a.m.; Trade balance for March, 7:30 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended May 2, 9 a.m.; Natural gas...

The president of Midwest Generation recently argued that state regulators should allow the financially-strapped company to exceed some emissions limits for two years at its Illinois power plants, including two in Will County. The proposal was met with...

The Illinois Commerce Commission says Ameren Illinois must cut its electric rates by $48 million. The State Journal-Register reports that the ICC announced its decision Thursday after reviewing electric rates proposed by the utility when it submitted its...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Approval of a new federal project boundary at the Lake of the Ozarks means about 1,500 homes and other structures are now safe from being torn down.  Ameren Missouri is pleased, but lakefront residents say the problem is far from...