by Associated Press Published: December 14,2011
Tags: coal plant, Kemper County, lignite
The Mississippi Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday on the Sierra Club’s challenge to a $2.9 billion power plant in Kemper County. Mississippi Power Co., a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co., wants to build the coal-fired plant, which would be powered by lignite mined nearby. The project was approved last year by the Mississippi [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 12,2011
Tags: coal, electricity, energy, lignite, mining, power, utilities
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 [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: June 19,2011
Tags: clean coal, Kemper County, Kemper plant, lignite, Mississippi Power, natural gas, natural gas break even point, shale, view
While the world has been championing natural gas as the savior of the energy crisis, Mississippi Power has insisted that gas prices will be high and volatile — reminiscent of 2009 — for years to come. The 2011 Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that natural gas prices will stay around [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: May 7,2010
Tags: Anthony Topazi, Barbour, BGR Group, Bloomberg News, Brandon Presley, Clean Coal Power Initiative, coal, Construction Work in Progress, CWIP, Florida, Gov. Haley Barbour, Griffith & Rogers Inc., Interpublic Group of Companies Inc., Kemper, Kemper County clean coal plant, Kemper County clean coal project, Kemper County Coal plant, Leonard Bentz, lignite, Lynn Posey, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi Public Service Commission, Mississippi State Ethics Commission, Orlando Gasification Project, Public Service Commission, Southern Company, The New Republic, Todd Terrell, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Secretary
The Energy Daily reports today that U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu hopes the Mississippi Public Service Commission and Southern Company can strike a compromise on a proposed $2.4 billion clean coal plant to be built in Kemper County. The Mississippi Commission voted April 29 to allow the plant to go forward if Mississippi Power Company [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: April 29,2010
Tags: clean coal, energy, Kemper County, lignite, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Power, public utilities
JACKSON- The future plant’s parent company, Mississippi Power, has 20 days to agree to the Commission’s conditions or risk not obtaining approval. MBJ-TV meets with the PSC to discuss their vote and the plant’s future. See full story [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: December 21,2009
Tags: Construction Work in Progress, CWIP, Kemper County, lignite, Mississippi Power Company
Mississippi Power Company’s Kemper County lignite coal plant is the largest proposed addition to any electric utility rate base in state history. Financing it would require customers to pre-pay some of the company’s costs through Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) in rate base, which would be a first for Mississippi. The proposed plant would more [...] [...]
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