Mississippi Power said that the projects are required to comply with federal environmental standards.
Energy
Digital divide: Plan to expand internet access proves popular in House and with Mississippians
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Legislators expect to take up legislation to allow rural electric cooperatives to offer broadband or high speed internet services.
‘We don’t have any voice’: Rural Mississippians feel shut out, overcharged by electric co-ops
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A lack of representation has left rural, black communities without a voice, but a nonprofit group is offering training on how to engage, vote and run for boards
Entergy announces plans for 1,000-acre solar farm in Sunflower County
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The $138.4 million Delta facility, if approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, would power up to 16,000 homes.
Presley: PSC will investigate Clarksdale utility bills once residents file complaints
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Citizens express their issues with high utility bills and Clarksdale Public Utilities with Brandon Presley, Mississippi Public Service Commissioner.
Hyde-Smith dodges climate change question, touts jobs at Copiah plant
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Alternative Energy Development-Copiah looks to employ 60 workers directly while also generating jobs in the timber industry.
Delta residents heated over high utility bills, question coming rate hikes
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Utility officials point to a hotter than usual summer as the culprit
PSC’s Presley looks to electric cooperatives to solve state’s rural digital divide
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PSC commissioner says lack of accessible high speed internet is placing rural communities at a disadvantage just as the lack of electricity did at an earlier time
PSC commissioner reflects on lessons learned from Kemper plant
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Time to think about how to improve the process for large-scale projects, Commissioner Britton says
PSC chairman seeks ‘outside-the-box’ ideas to solve infrastructure problems
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Presley calls on utility and telecommunications companies to join the commission in solving issues, such as limited access to natural gas and high-speed internet
Long-time critic will not challenge Kemper power plant settlement
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Hattiesburg oil businessman considered lawsuit over what he considered underlying flaws in the Public Service Commission’s settlement with Mississippi Power
Regulators settle ’emotionally intense’ Kemper power plant case
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Public service commissioners say a decision Tuesday ends all issues related to the Kemper facility, but is the controversy over?
Regulators weigh Kemper plant’s future
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Key players involved with the Kemper County energy facility project, including energy corporations to environmental groups, presented arguments to state utility regulators that will determine the future of the plant
Miss. Power, regulators reach agreement on Kemper plant
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A sticking point was a $250 million difference between what regulators thought Mississippi Power should recover and what the utility believed it should be able to charge customers.
Miss. Power proposes new set of Kemper rates
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The company said the increase would go for infrastructure such as utility poles and power lines not major capital costs of a new coal plant
Should Mississippi cash in on Trump’s relaxed offshore drilling strategy?
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Critics say more oil and gas drilling will hurt the state’s ecotourism economy