UK government faces tough N-power choices 2 Apr 2012 Two German utilities’ withdrawal from Britain’s Horizon nuclear project is a blow to the government’s clean energy ambitions. It needn’t be a fatal one, but policymakers face some politically unappetising choices if they want new nuclear capacity to be built.
Connecticut finally steps up to vet utility merger 18 Jan 2012 More than a year on, the U.S. state reversed its earlier rubber-stamping of Northeast Utilities’ $4.7 bln takeover of NSTAR. It took a couple of storms to expose Northeast’s electrifying incompetence and wake Connecticut’s watchdogs. Now they needn’t be shy of killing the deal.