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PSC approves multi-year rate plan for Kemper coal plant

Clay Chandler — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:39:00 +0000

Mississippi Public Service commissioners voted 2-1 last Tuesday to approve a multi-year rate plan for Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant. Terms of the plan call for the utility to receive $99 million in construction-work-in-progress funds for the rest of 2013. That will create a rate increase between 12 and 13 percent for residential [...]

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Read December 21 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:44:24 +0000

>> BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR Fashion designer Libby Story McRight finds niche creating old business by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> DINING Mother Cluckers serving up comfort food in Pass Christian by Lisa Monti >> KEMPER UPDATE Can union labor save coal plant?— by Clay Chandler >> RANKING Forbes gives poor [...]

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Analyst disputes claim that Kemper plant is 70 percent completed

Clay Chandler — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:29:13 +0000

A week after Mississippi Power Co. said its Kemper County coal plant was 70 percent complete, a report by an energy analyst commissioned by the Sierra Club disputed that claim. David Schlissel, an analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, in a report commissioned by longtime Kemper opponent the Sierra Club, said [...]

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Read November 16 issue of the MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:09:25 +0000

HEALTHCARE Bryant’s support, $10M grant give new life to medical school plans— by Ted Carter RETAIL ‘Whole Foods Effect’ likely to hit Highland Village— by Clay Chandler BANKING Strong reaction from community banks cited for Basel III delay— by Ted Carter ENERGY PSC to ask utilities to extend small business incentives— by Clay Chandler HALEY BARBOUR Setting the record [...]

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Contractors dispute claim of shoddy work at Kemper

Clay Chandler — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:01:57 +0000

Since late March, the projected cost of Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant has gone from $2.4 billion to $2.8 billion. The latest figure is the cap the Mississippi Public Service Commission imposed on the project. David Newell, president of the Central Mississippi Building and Construction Trades Council, said he isn’t surprised. In an [...]

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PSC looking into timing, amount of Kemper County Coal Plant overrun

Clay Chandler — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:01:47 +0000

Sixteen days after the Mississippi Public Service Commission reapproved the certificate of public convenience and necessity for Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant, the company revealed to independent monitors an anticipated $366 million cost overrun for the project. The revelation was included in monitors’ May report, which says MPC officials broke the news on [...]

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Natural gas vehicles, like the Toyota Prius, face the chicken-and-egg syndrome

john.stodder — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:01:52 +0000

While the push is under way in some states to provide roadside battery-charging for the thousands of electric cars on the highways, another alternative, the natural-gas-powered vehicle, mostly sits idle. Anyone who has watched television in the past decade knows about the Chevy Volt and hybrids like the Ford Fusion or the Toyota Prius. But [...]

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(UPDATED) PSC wants proposals from MPC, Sierra Club on Kemper plant

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:53:41 +0000

>> SEE UPDATE AS OF THURSDAY MORNING …. KEMPER COUNTY — State utility regulators have asked Mississippi Power Co. and the Sierra Club to submit proposals on how to proceed with the Kemper County coal-fired power plant. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled March 15 that the Public Service Commission failed to lay out its reasoning [...]

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Supreme Court decision possible setback for Kemper County coal plant

Clay Chandler — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:47:24 +0000

JACKSON- In a 9-0 decision March 15, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s decision to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Mississippi Power Company to build a coal-fired generation plant in Kemper County was not based on “substantial evidence presented,” as required by law. The decision was in [...]

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Read the March 26 issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:01:38 +0000

In this week’s MBJ — “WHAT NOW?” State Supreme Court decision could leave $2.8 billion Kemper County coal plant back at square one or could be a small bump in the road. PSC regulators must reciew the findings. By Clay Chandler Also in this week’s paper: >>TRANSPORTATION: Legislation enabling rail authorities advances: — by Clay Chandler [...]

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