Gregory E. Abel

Gregory E. Abel is president and chief executive officer of MidAmerican Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, and chairman and chief executive officer of PacifiCorp. He also serves as chief executive officer of CE Electric UK, a company that distributes electricity to approximately 3.7 million customers in England. Additionally, he is chief executive officer of MidAmerican Funding LLC, which is the holding company for MidAmerican Energy.

Abel is also a director of Kern River Gas Transmission Company and Northern Natural Gas Company. Previously he was executive vice president of CalEnergy.

Power portfolio
Out of its total 14,411 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity in 2005 (1.35% of the U.S. total), MidAmerican produced 71.3% from coal, 15.3% from natural gas, 7.9% from hydroelectricity, 2.6% from geothermal, 2.5% from wind, and 0.4% from oil. MidAmerican owns power plants in California, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

New coal plant proposals

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Existing coal-fired power plants
MidAmerican Energy is the 6th largest coal-fired energy producer in the U.S. . The company (and, through them, Berkshire Hathaway) owned 29 coal-fired generating stations in 2005, with 10,282 MW of capacity. Here is a list of MidAmerican's coal power plants:

In 2006, MidAmerican's 11 coal-fired power plants emitted 69.0 million tons of CO2 (1.15% of all U.S. CO2 emissions) and 177,000 tons of SO2 (1.18% of all U.S. SO2 emissions).

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