Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is scheduled to appear at a conference next week to discuss the future of energy needs in the South. He will be in attendance with four other Southern governors and oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens.
Governors Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Phil Bredesen of Tennessee and Joe Manchin of West Virginia are also on the agenda to speak during a meeting of the Southern Growth Policies Board.
The board's annual conference is Monday and Tuesday at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi.
Executives from Nucor Steel, Kansas City Southern railroad and Duke Energy also are scheduled to speak.
Pickens has been pushing for the expansion of wind power.
(Associated Press)
Friday, June 5, 2009
Perdue to Attend Southern Energy Conference
