Mississippi Business Journal » Kemper County IGCC Project 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 MBJ EDITORIAL: Big questions for Kemper County coal plant come down to who knew what and when http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/big-questions-for-kemper-plant-come-down-to-who-knew-what-and-when/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-questions-for-kemper-plant-come-down-to-who-knew-what-and-when http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/big-questions-for-kemper-plant-come-down-to-who-knew-what-and-when/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:29:31 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=49712 In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. “ Justices with the Mississippi Supreme Court may be asking now how he came to his decision when he changed his [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/big-questions-for-kemper-plant-come-down-to-who-knew-what-and-when/feed/ 0 Justices: Kemper County coal plant case is not about coal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/justices-question-pscs-approval-kemper-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=justices-question-pscs-approval-kemper-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/justices-question-pscs-approval-kemper-plant/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:16:16 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=49691 >> KEMPER COUNTY CLEAN COAL PLANT HEARD BEFORE STATE SUPREME COURT JACKSON — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices say that so far, they can’t find the evidence that state regulators used to justify their decision to allow Mississippi Power Company to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. If the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/justices-question-pscs-approval-kemper-plant/feed/ 1 MBJ EDITORIAL: Rate increase of 11.35 percent just the beginning in regard to Kemper http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/17/mbj-editorial-rate-increase-of-11-35-percent-just-the-beginning-in-regard-to-kemper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mbj-editorial-rate-increase-of-11-35-percent-just-the-beginning-in-regard-to-kemper http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/17/mbj-editorial-rate-increase-of-11-35-percent-just-the-beginning-in-regard-to-kemper/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:22:35 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=48708 It was only a matter of time before Mississippi Power Company started raising the rates on its customers to pay for the $2.88 billion Kemper County coal plant. So, last week MPC filed documents with state regulators — the Public Service Commission — for a requested rate increase of 11.35 percent. The Commission has the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/17/mbj-editorial-rate-increase-of-11-35-percent-just-the-beginning-in-regard-to-kemper/feed/ 0 Supreme court will hear Kemper Coal Plant arguments http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/04/supreme-court-to-hear-kemper-coal-plant-arguments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-court-to-hear-kemper-coal-plant-arguments http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/04/supreme-court-to-hear-kemper-coal-plant-arguments/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:18:33 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=48152 The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments from the Sierra Club challenging the state Public Service Commission’s approval of the project in Kemper County by Mississippi Power Co. Mississippi Power has started construction of the $2.4 billion coal plant. Oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 14. The suit was filed and heard in Harrison County [...]

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