Edward R. Muller

Edward R. Muller is president and chief executive officer of Mirant. Prior to his appointment as CEO in 2005, he was president and chief executive officer of Edison Mission Energy, a subsidiary of Edison International, from 1993 to 2000.

Muller also served as the deputy chairman of the board of directors for Contact Energy Ltd., a New Zealand-based electric generation company partially owned by Edison Mission Energy. From 1991 to 1993, he was vice president, general counsel and secretary of BioWhittaker, Inc.

Muller earned his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree from Yale Law School.

Affiliations
Muller has the following affiliations:
 * Board member of Transocean, Inc.
 * Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Riverview School
 * Former board member of Interval, Inc.
 * Former board member of Oasis Residential, Inc.
 * Former board member of Ormat Technologies, Inc.
 * Former board member of Real Energy, Inc.
 * Former board member of RigNet, Inc.
 * Former board member of Strategic Data Corp.
 * Former board member of The Keith Companies, Inc.
 * Former board member of Whittaker Corporation, Inc.
 * Former Chairman, U.S.-Philippines Business Committee
 * Former Co-Chairman, International Energy Development Council

Compensation
In May 2007, Forbes listed Muller as receiving $3.44 million in total compensation for the latest fiscal year. He ranked 29th on the list of CEOs in the Utilities industry, and 361st among all CEOs in the United States.

Nov. 10, 2004: Chesapeake Climate Action Network blockade of Dickerson Power Plant
On November 10, 2004, a group of Chesapeake Climate Action Network activists, students, farmers, and religious officials held a protest against the coal-fired Dickerson Power Plant in Montgomery County, Maryland. During the protest, six people were arrested for blocking the entrance road to the plant. The protestors called on the plant's owner, the Mirant Corporation, to stop opposing state and federal legislation against power plant pollution.

Mirant power portfolio
Out of its total 11,221 MW of electric generating capacity in 2005 (1.05% of the U.S. total), Mirant produced 37.0% from natural gas, 32.1% from oil, and 30.9% from coal. Mirant owns power plants in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, and Virginia.

Existing coal-fired power plants
Mirant owned 14 coal-fired generating stations in 2005, with 3,462 MW of capacity. Here is a list of Mirant's coal power plants in 2005:

In 2006, Mirant's 5 coal-fired power plants emitted 20.7 million tons of CO2 and 203,000 tons of SO2 (1.36% of all U.S. SO2 emissions).

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