NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Texas energy regulators

have denied public funding requests for a proposed power plant

days after naming the project as a finalist for a new state

program aimed at building out natural gas-fired electricity

generation, state documents show.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUTC) rejected the

application for state-backed funding late on Wednesday for a 1.3

gigawatt natural gas plant proposed by Aegle Power. The

commission said the application "failed to meet due diligence

requirements."

Aegle Power could not immediately be reached for comment.

The application described the project as a joint effort

between Aegle Power and NextEra Energy Resources, a subsidiary

of NextEra Energy Inc. ( NEE/PN ). The PUTC announced last week that

the plant was selected among a small group of projects that

would advance toward securing government-backed funding as part

of the recently established Texas Energy Fund (TEF).

A NextEra official, however, wrote to the PUTC on Monday

saying that NextEra did not know about or consent to being

listed as an applicant with Aegle on the project.

"NextEra is not seeking funding as part of the TEF Program,

is not participating in the project for which NextEra was named,

and hereby requests that NextEra be immediately removed from

PUCT records as a sponsor for the Aegle Power project,"

NextEra's letter said.