PETAL — Mississippi Power Co. has shut down a generating plant in Petal. Mississippi Power says in a news release that Plant Eaton — named for the company’s first president, Barney E. Eaton Sr. — began operation in March of 1945. Ed Day, president and CEO of Mississippi Power, says when the 67.5 megawatt plant [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 31,2013
Tags: costs, eartnings, electricity, energy, expenses, financial statement, income, power, power generation, profit, publicly traded company, revenue, sales
ATLANTA — Southern Company reported fourth quarter 2012 earnings of $383 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with earnings of $261 million, or 30 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 2011. Southern Company, the parent company of Mississippi Power Co., also reported full-year 2012 earnings of $2.35 billion, or $2.70 a share, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: bench, coal, conmtamination, construction, court, decision, electricity, elevtric, environment, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plant, pollution, power, power generation, ruling, wildlife
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co.’s $2.8 billion Kemper County power plant is one step closer to legal clearance. Company spokesman Jeff Shepard tells The Associated Press that Harrison County Chancery Judge Jim Persons has denied a Sierra Club challenge to the plant’s license. Shepard says Persons released the ruling late yesterday. The environmental group [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: coal, electric, electricity, employer, employment, energy, environment, job, labor, pollution, power generation, union, utility, work, worker
KEMPER COUNTY — In exchange for the promise of 1,000 jobs, a group of labor unions is throwing its support behind Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant. The unions had most recently opposed the plant because contractors for Atlanta-based Southern Co. were excluding union members from the $2.8 billion project, which currently employs 2,600 [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Nuclear power plant regulators want more specific information from TVA on how the utility plans to protect reactors in case of severe flooding. According to the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission heard TVA’s flood plans and scheduled another meeting on Dec. 13, seeking more information. An NRC project [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 4,2012
Tags: agreement, electric, electricity, light, lighting, organization, power, power generation, power transmission, regional, transmission, utility
JACKSON — Five Entergy utilities have taken a key step toward membership in a regional transmission organization via submission of the executed transmission owner agreement to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, or MISO. The utilities – Entergy Mississippi Inc., Entergy Texas Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC and Entergy New Orleans [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 16,2012
Tags: board of directors, budget, electricity, energy, meeting, power, power bill, power generation, rate, ratepayer
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Electricity rates for Tennessee Valley Authority customers in seven states are on the agenda for the utility’s board of directors. The board meets today in Knoxville and will vote on the budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Part of the financial plan will be deciding whether to raise or [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 15,2012
Tags: acquisition, board of supervisors, county, county government, electricity, energy, power, power generation, Power plant, tax, tax collections
BATESVILLE — South Mississippi Electric Power Association plans to buy a Batesville power plant for almost $286 million, a spokeswoman said yesterday. SMEPA spokeswoman Sara Peterson said the utility won a bankruptcy auction Monday to buy the assets of LSP Energy. Hattiesburg-based SMEPA generates and transmits power to 11 cooperatives in southern and western Mississippi. [...] [...]
WEST POINT — The Tennessee Valley Authority says its $55-million transmission infrastructure project in the southern portion of TVA’s Mississippi District is expanding power capacity, improving system reliability and helping boost the region’s economy. TVA’s new 500-kilovolt substation in Clay County was activated in June. The utility says the project was completed on time and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 13,2012
Tags: consultant, consulting, electric, electricity, power, power distribution, power generation, report, state agency, utility
JACKSON — Entergy Mississippi Inc. says Mississippi stands to gain from a proposal by the utility to join a large regional transmission organization. This is according to a recent analysis by Mississippi Public Service Commission consultants Bates White, LLC, Entergy reports. The consulting firm was hired by the MPSC to provide an independent analysis of [...] [...]
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