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Southern States Power Highlighted at Annual Conference

12 May 2000

Southern States Power Company Highlighted at the United States Department Of Energy 6th Annual National Clean Cities Conference

    SHREVEPORT, La., May 11 Southern States Power Company
(OTC Bulletin Board: SSPC) announced today that they were highlighted at the
6th Annual National Clean Cities Conference and Exposition held in San Diego,
California May 7-10, 2000.  The Clean Cities now have close to 80 coalitions
with 3700 major stakeholders in 37 states reaching from Maine to Hawaii and
Mexico to Canada.  The Clean Cities has a large stake in having more
Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV's) on America's streets and highway's helping
reduce the dependency of petroleum.  Clean Cities has come of age, with new
strategies, new goals, new tools, and new opportunities said, Shelley Launey,
Director of the National Clean Cities Program within the Department of Energy.
Major sponsors such as DaimlerChrysler (http://www.daimlerchrysler.com), Honda
(http://www.honda.com), Nissan (http://www.nissan-usa.com), Toyota (http://www.toyota.com), Ford
(http://www.ford.com) and General Motors (http://www.generalmotors.com) were in attendance
at the conference.  Southern States Power Company's OXy GB-60 Biodiesel was
highlighted by Daniel Cartier of the Deer Valley Unified School District
(DVUSD) the largest school district in the state of Arizona and feature
speaker at the conference.  Mr. Cartier presented a case study on Alternative
Fuel buses and guide to approaching school bus administrators to the use of
alternative fuels.  Mr. Cartier went on to say that SSPC's OXy G B-60
Biodiesel has now logged over 2,000,000 miles with no major breakdowns.  The
DVUSD is now running 145 school buses on a 20% blend of OXy G B-60 Biodiesel
with 80% petroleum diesel from Western States Petroleum (WSP) an Arizona Shell
(http://www.countonshell.com) and ARCO (http://www.arco.com) distributor.
    Dan Cartier said that the DVUSD would be moving towards a goal of a 50/50
blend in 2001.  The DVUSD also has Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and Ethanol
facilities at their "Green Fuels Technology Center".  Mr. Cartier feels that
all fuels should have its day, but OXy G B-60 Biodiesel has proved to be a
superior fuel over the non-renewable CNG because of the costly fueling
infrastructure and engine modifications.  Dr. K. Shaine Tyson of the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (http://www.nrel.gov) a U.S. Department of Energy
Sponsor said that Biodiesel is made from many oils and fats, such as soy oils,
canola, recycled restaurant grease, and mustard oil.  She went on to say that
claims about soy or virgin oils are better than recycled greases are false.
SSPC's OXy G B-60 Biodiesel is a totally recycled vegetable oil from major
fast-food companies such as McDonald's Corporation (http://www.mcdonalds.com)