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Kemper County clean coal plant heard before Supreme Court

Amy McCullough — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:23 +0000

Oral arguments were heard Dec. 14 before the Mississippi Supreme Court in the case regarding Mississippi Power’s $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. The Sierra Club is appealing a decision made by Harrison County Chancery Court to uphold the state Public Service Commission’s decision to allow Mississippi Power to build the [...]

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Mississippi Power wants rate hike, mainly for Kemper plant

Associated Press — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:19:46 +0000

GULFPORT — Mississippi Power Co. has filed documents with state regulators for a net rate increase of 11.35 percent. The company says customer impact will vary with electricity usage. Company spokeswoman Cindy Duvall says Mississippi Power made three separate filings late Tuesday to the Public Service Commission. Duvall says two were for increases and one [...]

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Day: Kemper County power plant on schedule

Associated Press — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:18:15 +0000

KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. president/CEO Ed Day says construction of a coal-fired electricity plant in Kemper County is on schedule. In an interview with The Associated Press, Day said yesterday that he expects Kemper County and Central Mississippi to see expanded economic benefits from the plant’s construction and operation. Mississippi Power has two [...]

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Lignite looking more like the wrong horse to have bet on

For the MBJ — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:00:54 +0000

While the world has been championing natural gas as the savior of the energy crisis, Mississippi Power has insisted that gas prices will be high and volatile — reminiscent of 2009 — for years to come. The 2011 Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that natural gas prices will stay around [...]

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Kemper Co. Welcomes MPC Plant Site

Stephen McDill — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:51:17 +0000

KEMPER COUNTY- The 582-megawatt electric plant will use Mississippi lignite in an integrated gasification combine cycle (IGCC) to produce electricity for Mississippi Power customers.

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Miss. PSC eases Kemper restrictions

Stephen McDill — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:12:32 +0000

JACKSON- The Mississippi Public Service Commission passed another conditional approval of Mississippi Power Company’s $2.4 billion Kemper County clean coal plant, relaxing the financial restrictions imposed in its April order.

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Miss. Public Service Commission votes to conditionally approve $2.4 billion clean coal plant for Kemper County

Stephen McDill — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:38:38 +0000

JACKSON- The future plant’s parent company, Mississippi Power, has 20 days to agree to the Commission’s conditions or risk not obtaining approval. MBJ-TV meets with the PSC to discuss their vote and the plant’s future. See full story

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Kemper Coal Plant — Are Commission conditions too much for Miss. Power?

Amy McCullough — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:46:42 +0000

Mississippi Power Company is taking a careful look at whether to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant in Kemper County. The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted April 29 to approve the plant – but with several conditions MPC says “seem to make it impossible” to finance or construct. Commissioners Leonard Bentz and Lynn Posey [...]

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Barbour’s Kemper connection

Amy McCullough — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:01:21 +0000

Vote on proposed clean coal plant to come down this week Note: This story was updated on May 4: “BGR website has changed” At a press conference April 14, Gov. Haley Barbour spoke again about state energy projects and touted the proposed Kemper County clean coal project that will be approved or disapproved by the [...]

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Kemper the best option

MBJ Staff — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:01:34 +0000

Topazi talks about himself, Momentum Mississippi and the Kemper County lignite plant Q & A with Anthony Topazi, CEO of Mississippi Power Company Photos by Stephen McDill Click here to watch the video interview series Q: Tell us a little bit about your background. A: I grew up in Birmingham, Ala. I am the grandson [...]

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