Mississippi Business Journal » electric distribution http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fitch downgrades Mississippi Power after PSC blocks rate hike http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/03/fitch-downgrades-mississippi-power-after-psc-blocks-rate-hike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fitch-downgrades-mississippi-power-after-psc-blocks-rate-hike http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/03/fitch-downgrades-mississippi-power-after-psc-blocks-rate-hike/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:36:21 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=59308 GULFPORT — Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Mississippi Power Company (Mississippi Power) to “A-“ from “A” and revised the Rating Outlook to “negative” from “stable.” Fitch wrote: “The downgrade is driven by the recent Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) order to deny Mississippi Power’s revenue increase request to earn a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/entergy-grand-gulf-license-renewal-remains-on-track/feed/ 1 Mississippi Power petitions for rate hike to pay for Kemper plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/14/mississippi-power-petitions-for-rate-hike-to-pay-for-kemper-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-power-petitions-for-rate-hike-to-pay-for-kemper-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/14/mississippi-power-petitions-for-rate-hike-to-pay-for-kemper-plant/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:11:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58540 KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. wants a 6 percent rate increase to pay for the coal-fired power plant it is building in Kemper County. Jeff Shepard, a spokesman for the Gulfport-based unit of Southern Co., said yesterday that would increase the company’s overall revenue from its 193,000 customers by about $50 million. The Mississippi [...]

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