Washington (Platts)--3Mar2008

Nuclear power and coal must be part of the future energy mix, along with
other energy sources, but coal has to be burned more cleanly, Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour said Monday.

In a keynote address at the US Air Force's second annual Energy Forum in
Arlington, Virginia, Barbour said energy policies have failed in the past
because they've been "trumped" by environmental policies and interests. That's
one of the reasons for the lack of new refineries and nuclear plants in the
US, he said.

In Mississippi, Entergy is considering building a second unit at the
Grand Gulf nuclear station, and the local government has embraced the project,
Barbour said.

Cindy Tyndell, FPL Energy's executive director of development, was more
pessimistic about her company's prospects for nuclear expansion, saying she
doesn't "foresee any new plants" coming online any time soon.

--Jenny Weil, jenny_weil@platts.com