Reuters: NRG Energy Inc (NRG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and New York state on Wednesday canceled plans to build a clean-coal power plant, citing rising costs and calling the project “ahead of its time.” In a statement, NRG said the New York Power Authority informed the energy company that it would allow their alliance for a near-zero emissions coal plant to lapse on July 22. “Authority staff is not in a position to recommend to its Board that it enter into negotiations …