Press Release

Today, Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) arranged a one-on-one private meeting in his Washington, D.C. office with FutureGen Alliance CEO Mike Mudd. Mudd updated Conaway on Texas’ recent FutureGen efforts and the necessary steps to make in the six months leading up to the site decision. Conaway made the following statement after the meeting:

“Odessa’s efforts in the next six months are critical for Odessa to receive the FutureGen site. I will continue working as hard as I can to ensure that Odessa is presented as the best possible site for FutureGen. I appreciate Mike Mudd making the trip to Washington to inform people on this ground-breaking initiative. I commend all of the partners, both on the federal, state, and local levels that have worked together to keep Odessa in the running for this incredible opportunity. Odessa is an exceptional choice for the FutureGen site, as it is uniquely prepared to fully utilize and absorb all of the byproducts from the electric generation facility, and I will continue to treat FutureGen as a top priority until the site decision is made.”

The FutureGen Initiative is a $1 billion government/industry partnership to design, build and operate an emission-free, coal-fired electric and hydrogen production plant. The 275-megawatt prototype plant will serve as a large scale engineering laboratory for testing new clean power, carbon capture, and coal-to-hydrogen technologies. It will be the cleanest fossil fuel-fired power plant in the world. Both Odessa and Jewett remain in competition for the FutureGen initiative, along with two sites in Illinois. For more information on FutureGen, you can visit www.futuregenalliance.org.