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County wants Entergy customer records; utility says it’s ‘fishing’

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:22:37 +0000

MADISON COUNTY — County officials are seeking customer information on 25,000 Madison County residents from Entergy Mississippi in an ongoing investigation of homestead exemption fraud, but the utility is fighting what it calls “a fishing expedition” in a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court. “The only thing we’re asking from Entergy are regularly kept business [...]

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Power back on along Casino Strip after weekend storm

Associated Press — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:29:01 +0000

TUNICA — Power is back on in Tunica after a Sunday storm blew down power poles along Casino Strip Resort Boulevard. Nearly 30 poles snapped along the thoroughfare, WATN-TV reports. Three of the county’s nine casinos lost power and operated for a time on generators. Some homes also lost power. Monday, power crews were busy [...]

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Mississippi Power opposes energy-efficiency rules

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:41:37 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A number of utilities and consumer groups say they support proposed rules that would require Mississippi electric and gas utilities to implement programs to save energy. However, Mississippi Power Co. says it opposes the rules because bills could rise for customers who don’t make homes or businesses more efficient. The Public Service [...]

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SMEPA goes with regional transmission organization

MBJ Staff — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:00:50 +0000

HATTIESBURG — MISO, the regional electricity transmission organization, has expanded to include eight additional entities in three of its four Southern states. Combined with operations for MISO’s Midwest region, MISO now manages the flow of energy along 65,280 miles of the interconnected bulk electric system fromManitoba, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to providing reliability [...]

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USDA awards loans, grants to three power associations

MBJ Staff — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:59:43 +0000

AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Loans and grant funds will be provided to applicants in 11 states to support businesses, improve the quality of medical care, and create or save hundreds of jobs through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program. Three electric power associations in Mississippi are receiving loans and/or grants. [...]

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Senator claims Obama has cost TVA hundreds of millions of dollars

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:42 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even if the nation’s largest public utility is never sold. The Tennessee Republican said TVA bonds lost about $500 million in value after the president’s announcement last [...]

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Students design home that makes power, water, food

MBJ Staff — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:25:10 +0000

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University architecture students designed a sustainable home that can provide its own electricity, water supply and food for a family of four. In the final project of a sustainable design class, the students turned theoretical principles into a practical home and landscape. They designed all aspects of a self-supporting, modern homestead, [...]

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Southern’s earnings impacted by increased Kemper plant cost

MBJ Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:27:43 +0000

ATLANTA — Southern Company, the parent of Mississippi Power Co., reports first quarter 2013 earnings of $81 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with earnings of $368 million, or 42 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2012. The first quarter results include two charges against earnings – a $333-million (38 cents per [...]

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TVA names DayBrite Innovator of the Year

MBJ Staff — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:13:50 +0000

TUPELO — The Tennessee Valley Authority has honored regional businesses, local power distributors and other local leaders for exceptional leadership and participation in TVA’s Green Power Switch renewable energy program in 2012. Green Power Switch Leadership Awards were presented in 13 categories in a special ceremony in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Launched in 2000, Green Power Switch [...]

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Cooperative raising rates due to Kemper plant costs

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:41:20 +0000

MERIDIAN — East Mississippi Electric Power Association is raising rates for some customers because of higher wholesale power rates charged by Mississippi Power Co. to cover the costs of its Kemper County power plant. The Meridian-based electric cooperative says customers in Lauderdale, Clarke, Newton, Wayne and Jasper counties will see power rates rise by 9.3 [...]

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