The Atlanta power giant plans to continue operating 13,000 megawatts of coal plants into the future and will switch about 3,000 megawatts of power plants to run on low-priced natural gas from other fuels, the company said. Southern said it expects to spend nearly $1 billion less than previously planned on pollution-control equipment at its coal plants, thanks to changes that the Environmental Protection Agency made to its final rules limiting mercury and other emissions from coal plants. The changes provided utilities with more flexibility in the ways they can meet the new limits. Southern said it now expects to spend about $1.8 billion on pollution controls from 2012 through 2014. Southern reported a second-quarter profit of $623 million, up 3.2% from $604 million a year earlier. Per-share earnings were flat, at 71 cents, due to more shares outstanding in the latest quarter. Excluding a gain of two cents related to insurance recoveries in the quarter, earnings were 69 cents a share. That compares to earnings expectations of 68 cents a share by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Shares of Southern were recently trading 0.3% higher at $47.25. Write to Cassandra Sweet at cassandra.sweet@dowjones.com. Subscribe to WSJ:Southern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen styleSouthern co to shut coal plants sees lower pollution-control costs - e cig pen style I am an expert from xpandrally.com, while we provides the quality product, such as e cig pen style , gym duffel bags, China anufacturers,and more.
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