With clock ticking on Exelon’s threat to shutter Byron nuclear plant, Illinois House returns Thursday to take up energy proposal

The Byron Generating Station in Byron is pictured on Sept. 7, 2021. If state lawmakers are unable to approve an energy plan that would include a bailout for three Exelon nuclear plants in the upcoming days, the company has said it will shut down the Bryon plant permanently after Sept. 13. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)