1.   AES says the new plant is not a merchant plant because its largest customer is under contract.

2.   Florida is the only state that prohibits merchant plants, unless they have long-term agreements for power sales with municipalities and utilities.

3.   McWhirter, speaking on behalf of Florida Industrial Users Group, believes his clients would save millions of dollars if merchant plants were allowed.

4.   No one is likely to build a nuclear plant, but existing reactors could be sold by utilities and become merchant plants.

5.   The Caithness plant is a merchant plant, designed to generate and sell power outside the state.