CMS Energy’s marketing subsidiary signed a long-term agreementto provide 10 Bcf of gas over 10 years to various facilities ownedby the County Commissioner’s Association of Ohio (CCAO). Theagreement includes a prepayment of an undisclosed sum to CMS-MSTfunded by bonds issued by Hamilton County, OH, and underwritten bySeasongood & Mayer LLC of Cincinnati. “This agreementillustrates a marketing arrangement that is tailored to ourcustomer’s needs,” said Tamela W. Pallas, president of CMS-MST.”The agreement gives the County Commissioner’s Association of Ohioa secure supply of natural gas for 10 years at market-basedpricing. The association, in turn, will provide the natural gas toover 30 Ohio county governments, reducing natural gas costs andsaving taxpayer money.”

The $525 million face lift started yesterday on Duke EnergyNorth America’s (DENA) Moss Landing power plant. “We are removing19 massive oil tanks and eight 225-foot stacks, reducing theexisting plant’s air emissions and building a modern power plant tohelp California meet its needs for more electricity,” said MarkSeedall, DENA director of electric modernization. The power plantsite, which first produced electricity in 1950, currently generates1,500 MW. When the modernization is completed by summer 2002, thesite will generate 2,560 MW and be the largest power plant inCalifornia and one of the cleanest and most efficient power plantsin the nation.

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