by Associated Press Published: January 31,2012
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NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation has announced changes on its executive team following the announcement of two of its officers.
Gary Taylor, group president of utility operations at Entergy Corporation, will be retiring from the company May 31. Taylor will continue to lead utility operations with a transition period to his successor, who will be named [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — A San Diego-based energy company has announced plans to buy a natural gas utility in Mississippi.
Sempra Energy spokesman Scott Crider said the company hoped to complete the purchase of Hattiesburg-based Willmut Gas & Oil Co. by the end of June. The deal must be approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. No price [...] [...]
CALHOUN COUNTY — The Mt. Comfort Water Association-Banner water system in Calhoun County has notified the Mississippi State Department of Health of water pressure loss, a line break and the potential of contamination due to backwater flow in the areas of Northwest Calhoun County and a small area in extreme southwest Lafayette County.
Approximately 600 homes [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority’s fuel cost will drop in February and reduce bills by about $1.50 for residential customers.
A TVA statement said the reduction will range from $1 to $2, based on usage.
The 1.5 percent decrease stems from a projection of milder weather. Knoxville-based TVA adjusts its fuel costs based on what [...] [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A federal judge is swearing in four new Tennessee Valley Authority board members nominated by President Barack Obama.
U.S. District Judge Sandy Mattice is swearing in the four new appointees to the nine-member board at a Thursday ceremony at the utility’s headquarters in Knoxville.
The new members are Georgia Tech professor Marilyn Brown, [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — South Mississippi Electric Power Association’s (SMEPA’s) plant in Purvis has begun a $62-million environmental upgrade project.
Local officials and Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) gathered last Thursday for the project’s groundbreaking at R.D Morrow Generating Station, according to the Hattiesburg American.
SMEPA serves 11 electric power associations that deliver electricity to more than 400,000 homes and [...] [...]
JACKSON, Tenn. ― The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) board of directors agreed yesterday to extend a program that will allow TVA to reduce peak power demand by up to 560 megawatts.
According to the utility, the board’s action, during a meeting at Lane College in Jackson, Tenn., will effectively reduce TVA’s electricity requirements during periods of [...] [...]
OAK RIDGE, Tenn.— Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory say fish seem to remain healthy following the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) coal ash spill in East Tennessee in Dec. 2008.
The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted Mark Peterson, the leader of an ecological assessment team at ORNL, who said the research is ongoing.
The group has been [...] [...]
JACKSON — Entergy recently entered into an agreement with the Intechra Group to begin remarketing, redeploying and recycling Entergy’s used electronic equipment in an environmentally-responsible manner.
Intechra manages the equipment from pickup through recycling. Useful equipment is either remarketed for sale or redeployed to other organizations, with a zero-landfill policy in effect for equipment that has [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — A third straight monthly increase in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) monthly fuel rate means residential bills will go up by an average of $1, starting in May.
The utility’s fuel cost adjustment for billing periods starting May 1 means residential monthly bills will increase between 50 cents and $1.50, depending on usage [...] [...]
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