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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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‘About a third’ is really closer to about a half

Amy McCullough — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:36:32 +0000

Despite claims by Mississippi Power Company, Kemper plant could raise ratepayer rates by more than 45% By its first full year of service in 2014, Mississippi Power Company’s $2.4-billion Kemper County IGCC power plant is expected to raise residential customer rates by more than 45 percent, according to a confidential document released to the [...]

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