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…
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…
Following Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, and the devastating impact on the region, every one of Mississippi Power’s 195,000 customers lost electric service. Over the next 12 days, 1,200 Mississippi Power employees, with assistance from electric utilities across…
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.…
Hundreds of children on the Mississippi Gulf Coast will have a brighter Christmas this year thanks to the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program. Today, Mississippi Power added to that with a 40 foot truck load of toys for boys and…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mississippi power storm crews are answering the call to help our neighbors to the east. Tomorrow morning a team of 75 line personnel and 18 support members will leave to aid Georgia Power with restoration efforts in the wake of…
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.…
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…
As the costs continue to rise for Mississippi Powers Kemper Plant, customers grow concerned about how and if it will affect the cost of monthly bills. We'll take you on a tough of the plant with leaders of Mississippi Power…
It was all hands on deck in Jackson County for Mississippi Power’s 11th annual Renew our Rivers. News 25’s Laurene Callander takes us through the Pascagoula River for a closer look at the cleanup. Over 100 volunteers revved their engines…
On October 3, the Mississippi Public Service Commission will receive Mississippi Power Company’s initial filing as part of the Kemper County power plant discovery. This discovery marks the next step in a diligent examination of all information involved with the…
Tonight, we start our two part series on the much talked about Kemper County Energy Facility. News 25’s Kristen Durand spoke with Anthony Wilson, president of Mississippi Power. She takes us beyond the gates of the plant that the company…
Mississippi Power is investigating the placement of high voltage lines that shocked a 20-year-old sailor Sunday night. As John Doucet was parking his sailboat on a trailer, the trailer became unhitched from the truck towing it causing his boat to…
Hermine should hit the Florida Coast sometime tonight. While the Sunshine State braces for impact, Mississippi Power is there, ready to help restore power once the storm is over. Hermine is on its way to the Florida Gulf Coast and…