by Associated Press Published: December 21,2011
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The Tennessee Valley Authority’s chief operating officer, 60-year-old Bill McCollum, says he will retire June 30.
McCollum announced his plans in a Wednesday telephone call with reporters.
As chief operating officer, McCollum oversees management of power production, transmission, power trading and resource management programs.
McCollum said he plans for the next six months to mainly work on capital [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: December 15,2011
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>> 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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 17,2011
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GULFPORT — Mississippi Power Co. has filed documents with state regulators for a net rate increase of 11.35 percent.
The company says customer impact will vary with electricity usage.
Company spokeswoman Cindy Duvall says Mississippi Power made three separate filings late Tuesday to the Public Service Commission.
Duvall says two were for increases and one was for a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 31,2011
Tags: coal, construction, county government, electricity, energy, law enforcement, power plants, state government, transportation, travel, utilities
KEMPER COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is informing motorists of the upcoming transport of extremely large loads to Kemper County for the construction of Mississippi Power’s new power plant.
Beginning tomorrow night, there will be two transport vehicles moving extremely large loads from Big Bee Valley along Highway 388 to U.S. 45, then [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Once Mississippi Power Co.’s generating plant in Kemper County comes online, it will be supported by a large — and eventually, the largest — coal mining operation in the state.
Mississippi Power president/CEO Ed Day says there is enough lignite coal in East Mississippi to keep the plant running for decades.
Liberty Fuels Co., [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. president/CEO Ed Day says construction of a coal-fired electricity plant in Kemper County is on schedule.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Day said yesterday that he expects Kemper County and Central Mississippi to see expanded economic benefits from the plant’s construction and operation.
Mississippi Power has two coal projects [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Mississippi Power Co. is investing some $3 billion in projects aimed at balancing its energy-source mix, a strategy that president and CEO Ed Day said promises to stabilize prices in the long term and attract new industry to the area.
“Thirty percent of the market for coal is the U.S., and we’re not saying [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. president and CEO Ed Day says construction of the company’s Kemper County power plant is on schedule and on budget.
Last year, the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the company’s proposal for the project and in December, ground was broken on the large coal-gasification plant.
The cost of the plant will [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The settlement will require TVA to invest a TVA estimated $3 to $5 billion on new and upgraded state-of-the-art pollution [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Department of Energy’s investment in Mississippi Power’s proposed Kemper County coal plant without proper environmental review.
The Sierra Club is suing the DOE for investing in “risky technology that is inconsistent with the Obama Administration’s stated commitment to invest in clean energy [...] [...]
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