by MBJ Staff Published: December 12,2012
Tags: agency, electricity, energy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, natural gas, power, small business, state, utility
JACKSON — Electric and natural gas utility companies doing business in Mississippi have submitted extensions of their Small Business Rate Incentive Plans, according to a release from Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. Bentz originally put these plans into place in 2011. Incentive plans filed by Mississippi Power Company, Entergy Mississippi, Atmos Energy Corporation, CenterPoint Energy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 10,2012
Tags: authority, board of directors, cooperative, electricity, energy, executive, federal, generation, management, meeting, power, transmission, utility
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to have a special meeting today to discuss delegating authority to the utility’s new chief executive until it fills several vacancies on its board. The board is made up of nine members and five seats are pending congressional action, including one that’s up for reappointment. Congress [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2012
Tags: bioenergy, construction, contract, contractor, county, elecvtricity, energy, fuel, government, green, infrastructure, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, power, production, REFINERY, sewer, sustainable
NATCHEZ — Adams County supervisors have approved a $522,673 to relocate a sewer line on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR’s Natchez alternative fuel production facility. The Natchez Democrat reports the contract went to T.L. Wallace Construction. Board Attorney Scott Slover said the bid was approximately $180,000 below the county’s [...] [...]
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 5,2012
Tags: acquisition, buy, energy, fuel, fund, gas storage, infrastructure, merger, natural gas, pipeline, power, purchase, sale, salt cavern, sell, storage
SMITH COUNTY — Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II (MIP II), a North American infrastructure fund headquartered in New York, completed the acquisition of Leaf River Energy Center LLC from NGS Energy, LP. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Leaf River is an underground salt cavern facility located in Smith County. The Leaf River complex currently [...] [...]
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: December 4,2012
Tags: economic development, energy, entrepreneur, government, green, incentive, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, panel, power, solar, startup, state, sustainabler
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant says he’d prefer that the state not invest in startup companies like failed solar equipment firm Twin Creeks. The Republican says he’s steering the Mississippi Development Authority away from loaning or giving money to such companies. “I do not have a preference for startup companies,” Bryant told The Associated Press. [...] [...]
PORT GIBSON — Union security guards have voted to ratify a three-year contract with Entergy Corp., ending a nearly seven-week lockout. Entergy locked the guards out from its Grand Gulf nuclear plant on Sept. 30 after the previous contract expired. The guards are represented by the United Government Security Officers of America Local 36. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 16,2012
Tags: board, city, commission, electricity, energy, municipal, municipality, power, regional, state government, transmission, utility
JACKSON — Entergy Corp. has won the final approvals needed to join a regional electrical transmission group. The Mississippi Public Service Commission and New Orleans City Council both voted to allow the New Orleans-based utility to move ahead. Regulators in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas had already approved the move. Entergy says it will join MISO, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2012
Tags: acquisition, antitrust, buy, competition, electricity, federal government, investigation, plant, power, purchase, pwer generation, sale, sell, utility
JACKSON — Federal officials say Entergy Corp. can buy two power plants from KGen Power Corp. for $523 million, but say the antitrust investigation of Entergy is not over. >>> Entergy utilities receive green light for MISO — Regulators clear path for projected customer savings In making the announcement yesterday, the Department of Justice’s antitrust [...] [...]
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