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Kemper County Power Plant Delay Mississippi Power

Mississippi Power adds another month before its Kemper County Power Plant will open and an additional 38 million dollars. The plant is now expected to be operational with lignite coal by the end of May. Mississippi Power spokesman Jeff Sheperd…

Environmental appreciation dinner at Pelican Landing

Chevron and Mississippi Power showed their appreciation for environmental partners during a celebratory dinner in Moss Point this evening. The annual event is a way to say “thank you” to the many individuals who work hard throughout the year to…

Environmental Appreciation Dinner

Chevron and Mississippi Power plan to show their appreciation for environmental partners during a celebratory dinner in Moss Point this evening. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us with a look at the start of the event at Pelican Landing.

Kemper update

Mississippi Power Co. says it needs one more month and another $99 million to finish its $7.2 billion Kemper County power plant. The subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said in a stock filing Monday that it has finished repairs from…

Kemper power plant suffers more delays

Mississippi Power’s Kemper County power plant will once again miss their deadline. The plant, which is nearly three years past its original in-service date, had its latest delay due to tube leaks in one of the syngas coolers. Southern Company…

Moody’s downgrades Mississippi Power

Moody’s Investor Service downgraded Mississippi Power Company’s rating today. They say it’s because of the expected battle the company will have to wage to recover its cost for the “increasingly uneconomic Kemper integrated gasification combined cycle plant.” The downgrade is…

Kemper County Power Plant Delay

The Kemper County Power Plant will take a couple more weeks to open and will cost an additional $35 million. Today Mississippi Power officials announced the expected in-service date has now been extended to mid-march due to issues with the…

Kemper Power Plant Delays and Price Hikes

Another delay and price hike in the long drawn out Kemper Power Plant project. Mississippi Power announced today it expects the energy facility to be pushed back until late February. The company also announced an increased cost of an additional…

Higher Electricity Bills Coming

Customers of Mississippi’s two private electric utilities will see higher bills in February as they pass through rebounding natural gas costs. The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted today to approve higher fuel costs for both Entergy Mississippi and Mississippi Power.…

Mississippi Power $82 Million Plan

Mississippi Power utility regulators aren’t quite ready to vote on an $82 million plan for Mississippi Power Company to close coal ash disposal areas in Gulfport. The Public Service Commission delayed action on the plan until at least December 15th,…

Mississippi Power Partners with Schools

Mississippi Power partners with local schools to make sure that their students learn about the importance of conservation. Forty schools were awarded grants, receiving a portion of $15,000 set aside to assist teachers with lessons in environmental education. Among those…

Congress Could Subsidize Kemper Co Plant

Mississippi Power's Kemper County Power Plant could soon be getting a little help from the government. A new report warns that congress could soon adopt tax changes that could subsidize the plant by an additional 700 million to 4 point…

Kemper In-Service Date Pushed Back

Mississippi Power is once again delaying the completion of the Kemper County Energy Facility. The Southern Company has filed new documents that say the plant will not be operational until December 31st. This also includes a $25 million cost to…

Mississippi Power Website Instructions

Mississippi Power customers are encouraged to ask questions regarding the increase of costs for their services. The Mississippi Public Service Commission is providing an online forum as a way for the public to seek information about the new power plant…

Operations Cost Kemper Power Plant

Documents filed recently project Mississippi Power's Kemper County Power Plant operations and maintenance will cost one billion dollars in its first five years. That's in addition to the 6.9 billion the plant is already spending for construction. The one billion…

Mississippi Power Sparks the Minds of High Schoolers

More than 80 high schoolers from Mississippi’s three coastal counties were powered up today and plugged in to opportunities available to them in the energy industry. It’s called the Beam Event, an annual partnership between Mississippi Power and the American…

Plant Generates Electricity From Coal

A huge development for Mississippi Power and their goal toward making the Kemper County Power plant a reality. Mississippi Power Company say the plant they are building in Kemper County has generated electricity from coal for the first time. Southern…

Mississippi Power Permit Granted For Kemper Plant

State officials will grant Mississippi Power a permit to allow the company based at the Kemper County Plant to discharge water into a creek during high rainfall. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's permit board votes unanimously to re-issue the…

Ms Power Crews Help Out In Georgia

Mississippi Power crews continue to help restore power to thousands in Georgia in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Mississippi Power's south crew spent most of Sunday afternoon repairing a broken pole on a key feeder line that is preventing evacuees…

Another Month To Finish Kemper Plant

Mississippi Power Company is adding another month to the construction schedule of the power plant it's building in Kemper County. Atlanta-based Southern Company, the parent of the electrical utility, announced today that it’s pushing back the completion date from Oct.…

Kemper Plant Project Costs and Rates

As costs continue to rise for Mississippi Power’s Kemper plant, customers grow concerned about how and if it will affect the cost of monthly bills. Tonight on part two of our series, News 25’s Kristen Durand takes us on a…