Mirant Corporation, an Atlanta-based energy company, produces and sells electricity in the United States. The company was spun off from its former parent, Southern Company, on April 2, 2001. The company was merged into GenOn Energy in 2010. Mirant operates 13 plants in the states of California, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Virginia and has the capacity to generate approximately 10,300 MW of electricity. Mirant began its corporate existence in 1981 as Southern Electric International , a small consulting division of Southern Company that provided... engineering and technical services to industrial companies, domestic and international utilities. With the Energy Policy Act of 1992 deregulation arrived in the US electric power sector, and SEI ventured into global markets with the acquisition of a 50% stake in Freeport Power, a Bahamian utility.
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| NYSE symbol: | MIR |
| Founded: | April 2, 2001 |
| Headquarters: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Annual revenue: | $3,188,000,000 |
| Net income: | $1,265,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $1,341,000,000 |
| Market cap: | $10,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Electric Services |