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Southern States Power Company Donates Hybrid Car For Vehicle Emission Research

26 May 1999

Southern States Power Company Donates Hybrid Car For Vehicle Emission Research

    SHREVEPORT, La., May 26 -- Southern States Power Co.
(OTC Bulletin Board: SSPC) donated a hybrid electric vehicle for emission
research.  The following story was released by the Media Relations Office at
the University of California at Riverside (UCR):
    "The Riverside-based California Alternative Fuels and Energy Foundation
(CAFE) presented a Toyota hybrid gasoline/electric vehicle to the University
of California, Riverside on Thursday, May 13, 1999.  The presentation marks
the beginning of a partnership between the Foundation and UCR's College of
Engineering's Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) to
investigate environmental and energy aspects of alternative fuels and develop
advanced transportation technologies."
    "The presentation from CAFE -- which funds research into cleaner burning
alternative fuels in order to advance new transportation and energy
technologies -- will give faculty and student researchers at CE-CERT access to
one of the newest hybrid vehicles from a major auto maker."
    The car was donated to CAFE by the Southern States Power Company, a
Louisiana-based energy and transportation company composed of four divisions
including Advanced Fuel Cell Technology, Power Generation and Distribution,
Alternative Clean Fuels including Bio-Diesel, and Composite & Alternative Fuel
Vehicles.  For further information, refer to the SSPC web site
(http://www.sspowerco.com).
    "Participating in the presentation were Raymond L. Orbach, UCR Chancellor;
Jacques S. Yeager, Sr., President of CAFE; Satish Tripathi, Dean of the Bourns
College of Engineering at UCR; Heber C. Bishop, Vice-president of CAFE and
President of Southern States Power; and Wes Berry, a Chemical Engineer with
the alternative energy technology company NOPEC located in Lakeland, Florida."
    For more information, call Kathy Barton at (909) 787-2495 or refer to the
SSPC web site (http://www.sspowerco.com) or call Michael Sealey at 318-221-5703.