‘About a third’ is really closer to about a half
by Amy McCullough
Published: August 22,2010
Tags: AN MBJ INVESTIGATION, Anthony Topazi, cover story, Kemper County IGCC power plant, Kemper plant, Mississippi Power Company, raise ratepayer rates
Despite claims by Mississippi Power Company, Kemper plant could raise ratepayer rates by more than 45% By its first full year of service in 2014, Mississippi Power Company’s $2.4-billion Kemper County IGCC power plant is expected to raise residential customer rates by more than 45 percent, according to a confidential document released to the [...]
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February 15th, 2011 at 10:44 am
[...] The Mississippi Public Utilities Staff allowed Mississippi Power to file confidentially the rate impacts to customers. The Mississippi Business Journal published these rate impacts, filed in July 2009, in an August 2010… [...]