Exelon filed a reply brief in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Wednesday, arguing the Illinois Zero Emission Credit program supporting their nuclear plants is legal and the case against it should be dismissed.
Exelon argues that the states have legal authority to determine their fuel mixes, and that FERC has supported similar renewable energy credit (REC) programs in the past. The Hughes v. Talen Supreme Court decision expressly leaves room for such programs, they argue.
