Kemper County power plant price tag tops $6.1 billion as costs climb again,...
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Southern Co. says it will cost at least another $496 million to finish the power plant it’s building in eastern Mississippi’s Kemper County, pushing the total cost above...
View ArticleMiss. Supreme Court orders Mississippi Power to refund customers 2013 rate...
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Power Company has been ordered to refund its customers for a rate increase put into effect in 2013 to begin paying for Kemper County power plant it is building....
View ArticleMississippi Power, PSC asking high court to reconsider rate increases ruling
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Power Co. and the Public Service Commission are asking the state’s highest court to reconsider its ruling overturning rate increases to fund the company’s...
View ArticleMississippi Power request to raise rates delayed
(AP) Mississippi Power Co. won’t be allowed to charge higher rates as soon as it wanted to help pay for a $6.2 billion power plant in Kemper County. In an order filed this week, the Mississippi Public...
View ArticlePublic Service Commission restores Mississippi Power’s 18 percent rate increase
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State utility regulators agreed Thursday that Mississippi Power Co. needs more money immediately, granting the company an 18 percent rate increase that, while temporary for...
View ArticleMoody’s cuts Mississippi Power bond rating despite rate increase
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — An emergency rate increase granted by regulators was not enough to keep a bond rating agency from downgrading Mississippi Power Co.’s debt. Moody’s Investors Service cut the...
View ArticleMississippi Power customers begin filing for refunds
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Power Co. customers have until Oct. 30 to decide if they want refunds as a bill credit or a check. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. must repay more than $377...
View ArticleMississippi Power agrees to smaller rate increase
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Power Co. said Tuesday it will accept a smaller rate increase for part of the $6.4 billion Kemper County power plant it’s building. The Public Utilities Staff...
View ArticleEntergy Mississippi, Mississippi Power cutting rates
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Only months after Entergy Mississippi customers got a break on electricity bills because of falling natural gas prices, they’re likely to get another. Pending approval by the...
View ArticleMississippi Power to give customers refund but keep collecting for Kemper plant
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi utility regulators are approving a settlement cutting rates for consumers but paying Mississippi Power Co. for part of its Kemper County power plant. The Public...
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