When Mississippi Power learned an employee had family in Rolling Fork in need of help, they did not hesitate to lend a hand. Mississippi Power lineman Chris Boston, a native of Rolling Fork,…
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) presented Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power with the Emergency Recovery Award during the EEI Winter Board and Chief Executives Meeting on January 14, 2021. The Emergency Recovery Award is given to select EEI member companies to…
Hundreds of Southern Company employees within the emergency response teams are on the Coast this week for their annual ‘Rescue Rodeo.’ Southern Company is made up of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia Power and representatives from each state are here. This…
Local organizations teamed up to turn the remains of a Katrina-slab into a space for learning. The project took 2.3 acres of land at Weeks Bayou and turned it into a green space for scientific and educational activities. Debris and…
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…
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…
All but $3.6 million of $377 million in rate refunds related to Mississippi Power’s Kemper County plant are back in the hands of customers. Auditors told the Mississippi Public Service Commission that the utility complied with the refund order. The…
The cost of Mississippi Power’s Kemper County power plant has risen again. This time to the tune of an additional $9 million dollars, pushing the total cost to $6.8 billion. The Atlanta-based Southern Company will absorb the increased cost. Mississippi…
The New York Times issued an intense article directed towards the Mississippi Power Kemper plant today. The article critiqued Southern Company’s need for millions of dollars over budget to complete the plant and much, much more. News 25’s Shelby Myers…
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…