…  permits for the new plants in the first place. It is unclear whether Goliath will stay dead. But at a rally of nearly 1,000 …  sign that said “Perry is a Fairy” — came out to protest what they see as TXU’s race to build plants with the oldest, dirtiest available …

…  800-megawatt power plant, but construction costs kept rising as global demand for steel and other materials skyrocketed. Soon $1 …  are about 50 years. Westar, for its part, isn’t sure what it will do, Greenwood said. It’s researching a natural gas plant instead …

…  selloff that analysts ascribed to nervousness about rising inflation and interest rates. There is also evidence that worldwide …  factors that helped foster multiyear runups — or what he called “asset bubbles” — in everything from real estate to …

…  could escalate industry pressures through additional disruptions and shut-ins, leading to higher energy prices. Industry participants …  that produced a record number of storms in the Gulf, and what we have going on right now, we do not expect the same level this …