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Read June 18, 2012 issue of the MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:50:26 +0000

>> INSURANCE INSTITUTE: Lack of codes makes Mississippi Coast … MOST VULNERABLE — By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> LAST AGAIN: Insurance Institute gives state nation’s lowest grade for hurricane-resistant structures — by Ted Carter >> REPORT: 70,000 coastal properties at risk to storm — by Ted Carter >> AGRICULTURE: Southern senators: [...]

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Kemper County clean coal plant heard before Supreme Court

Amy McCullough — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:23 +0000

Oral arguments were heard Dec. 14 before the Mississippi Supreme Court in the case regarding Mississippi Power’s $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. The Sierra Club is appealing a decision made by Harrison County Chancery Court to uphold the state Public Service Commission’s decision to allow Mississippi Power to build the [...]

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Justices: Kemper County coal plant case is not about coal

Amy McCullough — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:16:16 +0000

>> 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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Read the November 7th issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:33:18 +0000

In this week’s MBJ — AN INDELIBLE IMPACT: Amy McCullough takes a look at how one man’s words more than 40 years ago may shape the economic future of Mississippi. Also in this week’s paper: >> KEMPER PLANT KEY IN HEATED PSC CONTEST: Adams makes false claims in attempt to win election — by AMY [...]

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KEMPER PLANT KEY IN HEATED PSC CONTEST

Amy McCullough — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:00:28 +0000

Presley, Adams debate details of coal project consumer impact Of the three incumbents RUNNING for re-election to the Mississippi Public Service Commission — which regulates public electric, gas, telecommunications, water and sewer utilities — only one faces a serious challenger. Northern District Commissioner and Democrat Brandon Presley is opposed by Republican Boyce Adams. Both have [...]

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Kemper’s coal

Amy McCullough — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:33 +0000

Mississippi Power finally had its way with the state’s Public Service Commission On June 3, regulators granted Mississippi Power Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build its $2.4-billion clean coal plant in Kemper County, on which the company broke ground last week. The approval came after extensive hearings in February, a conditional [...]

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Miss. justices send coal suit back to lower court

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:25:16 +0000

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has sent back to a chancery court a lawsuit that seeks to block a coal-fired, electric-generating plant in east-central Mississippi. The lawsuit was in response to the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s decision to ease restrictions it had put on the project in Kemper County. The Sierra Club [...]

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Forbes: Shale gas means flat prices until 2020

MBJ Staff — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:00:17 +0000

That’s bad news for Mississippi Power Company, which bet $2.4B of its ratepayers’ money that natural gas prices would not remain flat Forbes blogger Daniel Fisher reports that natural gas from shale will likely keep gas prices flat at around $5 per million Btu through 2020. If Forbes’ numbers come to fruition, Mississippi Power Company [...]

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Mississippi Power will build $2.4B Kemper plant

Amy McCullough — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:20:18 +0000

Update — June 3 – On June 3 the Mississippi Public Service Commission formally gave Mississippi Power Company the green light to build its $2.4 billion Kemper County clean coal plant, granting it a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The company agreed to conditions outlined in the Commission’s May 26 order that placed financial [...]

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CO2 capture could boost Kemper County power costs

For the MBJ — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:15:13 +0000

One of the main features of the proposed Kemper County clean coal facility are plans to capture and store as much as 67 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions, making it most likely the first integrated gasification combined cycle electric generating plants in the country with that capability. The captured CO2 would then be sold [...]

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