David Crane, chief executive of NRG Energy, made news last week when he announced that the New Jersey-based power producer would abandon further investment in a Texas nuclear power project.

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In the war of words between the Governors of Texas and California over the obvious advantages of the Texas business climate, the latter went nuclear and singled out Lubbock as the Texas weak spot.

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In addition, several companies, including TXU, appear to be banking on the probability that they will be able to build new nuclear power plants in Texas within the next decade.

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While new coal plants seem to be on the horizon in Texas, power companies operating in the state are also aware of a shift toward cleaner technologies, including nuclear power, which has no environmentally harmful emissions.

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