By NOELLE STRAUB AND PETER BEHR, Greenwire
No new nuclear or coal plants may ever be needed in the United States,
the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said today.
"We may not need any, ever," Jon Wellinghoff told reporters at a U.S.
Energy Association forum.
The FERC chairman’s comments go beyond those of other Obama
administration officials, who have strongly endorsed greater efficiency
and renewables deployment but also say nuclear and fossil energies will (...)