Countries such as Japan and Korea are willing to pay 30% to 40% more than the U.S., so lng producers in Spain and India, for instance, are diverting shipments away from the U.S. DavidRatcliffe, chief executive of the southeastern utility Southern Co.
As Southern was deciding to push ahead with plans to build its new nuke, Miller and Thomas Fanning, who will succeed DavidRatcliffe as Southern's chief executive in December, visited retired Southern chiefs for advice on how to navigate erecting a new nuke.