[fatlazyless]

From memory, this was one of those small news announcements, like on a page full of small business deals on a back page of the Wall St Journal, that said Wal-Mart and the Southern Co aka Southern Power had made a power supply deal. It said the power was made burning coal from Wyoming that came by railroad train to the power plant located in Alabama.

Will google 'Walmart, Southern Power, Atlanta, electricity purchase' and look for an item.

With the bill itemized and including delivery and power as separate items, it seems like the power could come from Alabama, while the delivery obviously has to go the local lines.

If the power traveling the lines from Alabama to New Hampshire could sing, it would go like this:

Oh, we come from Alabama,
With a banjo on our knee,

We is headed for Plymouth, New Hampshire,
to help relieve their misery,

It get's so cold up New Hampshire,
And their 'lectricity costs so much,

Here down in 'Bama,
the prices are so low.

... all because that big long coal train,
pulls in here with regularity!

Oh Suzanna, what's we got here,
is lots of coal cheap Southern electricity!