Experimental

Mississippi Power’s Clean Coal Project Reaches Milestone, Produces First Syngas

Mississippi Power’s experimental clean coal power project in Kemper County, MS, reached “the most significant milestone at the plant to date” when it began producing syngas from locally mined lignite, the company said Friday.

July 20, 2016

AGL’s Bid to Extend Waivers Draws Fire

Scana Energy Marketing and Exxon Corp. are urging FERC to delayor deny an extension of the experimental waivers and limitedjurisdiction blanket certificate that it approved for Atlanta GasLight (AGL) a year ago to promote retail gas unbundling in Georgia.

July 12, 1999

California ISO Growing Up and Out

California’s experimental nonprofit electric transmission gridand wholesale spot power market operations – the Independent SystemOperator (ISO) and Power Exchange (PX), respectively – are clearlyworking toward becoming larger, multi-state regional operations,according to officials who marked the one-year anniversaries ofboth organizations March 31. A proposed new California law (SB 96)would make it easier for the state to enter compacts with otherwestern states to begin to form the regional power operations.

April 5, 1999