A shale-driven glut of natural gas has cut electricity prices for the U.S. power industry by 50 percent and reduced investment in costlier sources of energy.
With abundant new supplies of gas making it the cheapest option for new power generation, the largest U.S. wind-energy producer, Juno Beach-based NextEra Energy, has shelved plans for new U.S. wind projects next year and Exelon called off plans to expand two nuclear plants.
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