Southern Company Energy Marketing’s new president, GaryMorsches, shifted some personnel around yesterday to optimizeperformance. John Ragan, formerly west regional vice president,becomes east regional vice president. He also will oversee SCEM’scommodities group, which handles trading in coal, emissionscredits, weather derivatives and pulp/paper markets. Bill Orr,formerly northeast regional vice president, becomes west regionalvice president. Jay Catasein, project development vice president,becomes northeast regional vice president. Ron Erd is promoted fromdirector to vice president of market development. In addition toresponsibility for market development and structuring, Erd willassume responsibility for the project development group. SCEM is ajoint venture between Southern Energy Inc. and Vastar ResourcesInc.

FERC Chairman James J. Hoecker announced that Daniel M. Adamson,a senior Department of Energy Official, has been appointed directorof the new Office of Energy Projects at the Commission. Mostrecently Adamson was DOE deputy assistant secretary for powertechnologies. He also played a key role in developing the ClintonAdministration’s electricity restructuring legislation.

The Electric Power Supply Association, which representsindependent power producers and power marketers, announced that B.Kent Burton, senior vice president of policy and internationalgovernment relations for Ogden Energy Group in Caldwell, NJ, hasbeen elected to serve as EPSA’s chairman for 2000. Kenneth E.Randolph, senior vice president and general counsel at Dynegy Inc.,will be vice chairman and Bill Mack, president and CEO of CoastalPower Co., will serve as second vice chair.

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