Along with environmental and security worries, add the threat of a higher price for power as natural gas imports rise. more >>

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph Kelliher held the strongest possible shield against tough questions at a news conference this week: his curly-haired 21-month-old son. Young Damien mainly clung to his father's neck, occasionally reaching up to push Kelliher's cheeks together as he explained the agency's stand on nuclear power and its role in the siting of new liquefied natural gas terminals, reports our Marianne Lavelle. more >>