No settlement has been reached involving the Kemper County Power plant matter. Today marks the final day for a settlement. The Public Service Commission expects to take this matter up in executive session following its monthly meeting on Tuesday. Previous…
It’s usually the Seabees who are carrying out various construction projects throughout the world to support military missions and to help maintain national security here at home and overseas. Today, the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Center, or Seabee Base, in…
The man in charge of negotiating a settlement to wind down Mississippi power’s coal fueled power plant project says the company has already made proposals. Public Utilities Staff Executive Director Virden Jones said today he believes the unit of Atlanta…
Next Thursday, the state’s Public Service Commission is set to hear potential solutions regarding the Kemper County Power Plant. Two days ago, Mississippi Power notified the commission that it would immediately suspend the lignite coal gasification efforts at its power…
This afternoon, Mississippi Power Company notified the Mississippi Public Service Commission that it will immediately suspend lignite coal gasification operations at its Kemper County facility; the plant will continue operating as a natural gas plant. Last week, the Mississippi Public…
A lawsuit filed in Harrison County is now placing the blame on Mississippi Power and the Gulfport Yacht Club for injuries sustained to the 20-year-old who was severely burned during a boating accident in September. In the lawsuit filed today…
State regulators want to pull the plug on the Kemper County Power Plant that was supposed to burn coal more cleanly. The Public Service Commission says the Atlanta based Southern Company should absorb $6.5 billion in losses and ratepayers should…
Mississippi Power Company says it will file plans Monday for customers to pay their share of its $7.3 billion Kemper County Power Plant, even though the plant isn’t finished. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Company did not yet have a…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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 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…
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…