According to its CEO, Southern Company – the parent corporation of Alabama Power – will be increasing its use of natural gas and decreasing use of coal, not because of recent EPA regulations, but because it's cheaper. Additionally, despite Alabama Power's recent announcement that it is closing coal plants, CFO Art Beattie said that with Southern Company's 330 industrial projects currently underway, 37,000 new jobs are set to be created in the four states it serves.
Alabama Power's parent company, Southern, will be relying less on coal and more on other resources, including renewables. The reason? Because it's simply cheaper. It hasn't stopped the demagogues from blaming Obama's fictional "War On Coal."
Alabama District House Representative Steve Hurst has introduced a bill to physically castrate sex offenders. Both barbaric and base, this legislation has no place in modern day society.