Mississippi Business Journal » Mississippi Power http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Read May 24 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/24/read-may-24-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-may-24-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/24/read-may-24-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 19:47:04 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=75437 >>COVEY OF CONCERN Officials hoping quail numbers will rebound - by Wally Northway Also in this week’s paper: >>MEMORIAL DAY Gulf Coast group honors state’s surviving World War II veterans- by Stephen McDill >>ENERGY Mississippi Power finds new leadership, regulators probe executive’s document witholding- by Clay Chandler >>DELTA COUNCIL Stabenow, Cochran brace for Senate vote on Farm Bill- by Ted Carter >> OUR [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/24/read-may-24-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 Mississippi Power CEO’s departure due to withholding Kemper information from regulators http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/breaking-mississippi-power-exec-replaced-for-withholding-kemper-info-from-psc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-mississippi-power-exec-replaced-for-withholding-kemper-info-from-psc http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/breaking-mississippi-power-exec-replaced-for-withholding-kemper-info-from-psc/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:26 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=75208 Mississippi Power Co. has made an abrupt change at the top. Southern Co.’s board of directors voted Monday to name G. Edison “Ed” Holland the utility’s new leader. Holland replaces Ed Day, who has been CEO since 2010. Day has spent a total of 30 years with Southern Co. >>READ MORE in today’s Magnolia Marketplace [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/breaking-mississippi-power-exec-replaced-for-withholding-kemper-info-from-psc/feed/ 0 Kemper county energy facility — a wise decision was made http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/kemper-county-energy-facility-a-wise-decision-was-made/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kemper-county-energy-facility-a-wise-decision-was-made http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/kemper-county-energy-facility-a-wise-decision-was-made/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:15:05 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=69151 The Mississippi Public Service Commission unanimously determined in 2009 that Mississippi Power would need additional baseload electric power generation to meet consumer demand in 2014. Baseload generation provides electricity that’s needed every hour of every day, 365 days a year. By 2014 with increasing demand for electricity and no additional baseload generation, Mississippi Power customers [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/kemper-county-energy-facility-a-wise-decision-was-made/feed/ 0 Coal plant awaits state supreme court hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/29/coal-plant-awaits-state-supreme-court-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coal-plant-awaits-state-supreme-court-hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/29/coal-plant-awaits-state-supreme-court-hearing/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:16:07 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=67486 The past year has been an eventful one for Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant. In March, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the 2010 order the Mississippi Public Service Commission issued that granted the plant a certificate of pubic convenience and necessity did not cite sufficient evidence from the record of proceedings. Justices, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/29/coal-plant-awaits-state-supreme-court-hearing/feed/ 3 Southern Co. to partner with Texas company to market controversial Kemper coal technology http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/southern-co-to-partner-with-texas-company-to-market-controversial-kemper-coal-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=southern-co-to-partner-with-texas-company-to-market-controversial-kemper-coal-technology http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/southern-co-to-partner-with-texas-company-to-market-controversial-kemper-coal-technology/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:21:22 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=64866 Southern Co., the parent company of Mississippi Power Co., is partnering with a Texas based-firm that owns part of the technology that will be used at the Kemper County coal plant to market the technology to power companies worldwide. Southern Co. developed the Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG) technology with Houston-based KBR. The process uses low-rank [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/southern-co-to-partner-with-texas-company-to-market-controversial-kemper-coal-technology/feed/ 1 Read October 8 issue of the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/05/read-october-8-issue-of-the-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-october-8-issue-of-the-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/05/read-october-8-issue-of-the-mbj/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:27:24 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63529 >> RETAIL MSU in negotiations with new developer for CottonMill— by Clay Chandler Also in this week’s paper: >> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Compton dedicated to improving the economy in Hancock County— by Lynn Lofton >>REGIONALISM Choctaw, Webster and Montgomery counties plan development partnership— by Clay Chandler >> HEALTHCARE Health summit a tool for small business— by [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/05/read-october-8-issue-of-the-mbj/feed/ 0 Officers, directors seated http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/02/officers-directors-seated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officers-directors-seated http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/02/officers-directors-seated/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:01:29 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=62048 The Mississippi Main Street Association has formally welcomed new officers and members to the state board of directors. The following are new officers of the MMSA board for 2012-2014: president Barry Plunkett of B. Plunkett & Associates Inc. in Jackson; president-elect Joey Hudnall of Neel-Schaffer in Jackson; treasurer Mark Loughman of Mississippi Power in Gulfport; [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/02/officers-directors-seated/feed/ 0 Read August 20 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/17/read-august-20-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-august-20-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/17/read-august-20-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:39:19 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=61400 >> AGRICULTURE Crop shipping on river barges slowed by falling water levels— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> HIGHWAY 9 OPENS Want a road built in record time? Get yourself a Toyota plant— by Clay Chandler >> KEMPER UPDATE Contractors dispute claim of shoddy work at Kemper— by Clay Chandler >> EDUCATION Academic, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/17/read-august-20-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 Mississippi Power to issue refunds http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/04/mississippi-power-to-issue-refunds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-power-to-issue-refunds http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/04/mississippi-power-to-issue-refunds/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:53:52 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58108 HATTIESBURG — Mississippi Power Co. customers should find some relief on the bottom line of their most recent electric bill. Customers will receive a refund of varying amounts. The rebate is part of an order from the Public Service Commissioner where interest from deposits is credited back to customers’ bills. Mississippi Power officials say the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/04/mississippi-power-to-issue-refunds/feed/ 0 Read May 7 issue of the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/04/read-may-7-issue-of-the-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-may-7-issue-of-the-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/04/read-may-7-issue-of-the-mbj/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 06:01:03 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=56648 >> REAL ESTATE Large stores specifying whom they must have as neighbors— By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> KEMPER UPDATE Independent monitor: Kemper contingency 91 percent gone— By Clay Chandler >> Q&A David Carn, Baker Donelson— By Clay Chandler >> MARTY WISEMAN Redistricting a consequence of 2012 election >> NANCY ANDERSON Figuring [...]

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