Mississippi Today (https://mississippitoday.org/category/energy/)
A U.S. Justice Department civil division investigation is now underway into federal grants provided to the Kemper County power plant near DeKalb. A top state utility regulator says customers of Mississippi Power, which built the facility, shouldn’t be on the hook should the power company have to pay back the feds
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
The $138.4 million Delta facility, if approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, would power up to 16,000 homes.
Citizens express their issues with high utility bills and Clarksdale Public Utilities with Brandon Presley, Mississippi Public Service Commissioner.
Alternative Energy Development-Copiah looks to employ 60 workers directly while also generating jobs in the timber industry.
Utility officials point to a hotter than usual summer as the culprit
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
Time to think about how to improve the process for large-scale projects, Commissioner Britton says
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
Hattiesburg oil businessman considered lawsuit over what he considered underlying flaws in the Public Service Commission’s settlement with Mississippi Power
Public service commissioners say a decision Tuesday ends all issues related to the Kemper facility, but is the controversy over?
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
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.
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
Critics say more oil and gas drilling will hurt the state’s ecotourism economy
Witness testimony and other evidence could help settle a $250 million dispute between Mississippi Power and state officials