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[[Southern Company]], in partnership with the Orlando Utilities Commission and the [[U.S. Department of Energy]], proposed to build a 285 MW IGCC coal plant at the existing [[Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center(existing)]] near Orlando, in Orange County, Florida. The project received a Department of Energy pledge of $293 million in long-term loans.<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>
In November, 2007, Southern Company took the unusual step of canceling the project two months after ground had been broken.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/2mbfgn “Southern Company Scraps Florida Advanced Clean-coal Plant,”] Reuters UK, November 14, 2007.</ref> The company cited concerns that Florida Governor Charlie Crist would press for additional carbon controls.<ref>[http://www.modernpowersystems.com/story.asp?storyCode=2047980 "IGCC Stumbles and Falls in the U.S.: The Spate of Cancellations Is Becoming a Flood,"] Modern Power Systems, November 26, 2007.</ref>
