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Kemper County Plant Price Increase

The cost of Mississippi Power’s Kemper County plant continues to rise. Officials released they will spend an addition $61 million. The Atlanta based Southern Company will absorb 35 million of the added cost. However, the remaining $26 million burden could…

Groundbreaking for Solar Facility at the Seabee Base

Leaders at the Naval Construction Battalion Center teamed up with Mississippi Power to break ground on a 23-acre solar facility on the Gulfport base. The large scale solar facility will be able to produce four megawatts of direct current or…

Kemper Power Plant Increase

Mississippi Power Company says it will spend another $142 million on its Kemper County power plant, pushing its total cost above $6.6 billion. While the unit of Atlanta-based Southern Company will absorb $110 million of the cost, customers could be…

Mississippi Power Sends Help to North Carolina

Mississippi Power is sending crews today to North Carolina to assist Duke Energy with outages from the icy winter storm. A crew of 90 linemen and support personnel left early this morning from staging areas across the company’s service territory.

MLK Home Fire Safety Campaign

The American Red Cross is making it their mission to decrease the amount of serious injuries and deaths caused by fires by 25 percent over the next five years.

Public Service Commission Votes 3-0

Mississippi utility regulators are approving a settlement cutting rates for consumers but paying Mississippi Power Company for part of its Kemper County power plant.