Prep football roundup: With shocking comeback, Starkville Academy beats Magnolia Heights to stay alive in playoffs
The Vols scored 28 points in the fourth quarter to shock the host Chiefs 35-30. See how other local teams fared on the field Friday night.
Mississippi utility inks deal on troubled $7.5B power plant
Regulators have reached a settlement with Mississippi Power Co. on how much customers should pay for a troubled $7.5 billion power plant once touted as a model for the future of coal.
Regulators nix Mississippi Power push to exclude testimony
Regulators have again denied a request by Mississippi Power Co. to narrow proceedings over how much customers should pay for a power plant.
Analysis: Do regulators hear praises of Miss. Power?
It’s beginning to sound like 2010 again at the Public Service Commission.
Still no deal on rates for Kemper County plant
Regulators and Mississippi Power Co. on Friday again failed to agree on how much money customers should pay for a power plant.
Fired engineer sues, saying utility retaliated against him
A fired engineer at a now-aborted Mississippi Power Co. plant sued the utility’s parent company Tuesday, saying an order to reinstate him is being ignored.
Kemper power plant overruns climb another $62M
Mississippi Power Co. said Tuesday it will spend at least another $62 million to finish the power plant it’s building in Kemper County, pushing total costs to nearly $6.5 billion.
Moody’s cuts Mississippi Power credit rating after elections
A bond rating agency downgraded Mississippi Power Co.’s debt to the lowest investment-grade level, saying the election of two new members of the state Public Service Commission “increases regulatory uncertainty.”
New Kemper delay means company likely to repay $234M credit
Mississippi Power Co. announced Tuesday it will likely have to repay a $234 million federal tax credit because its Kemper County power plant won’t be in operation by April 19.
Opponent seeks to block Miss. Power rate increase
The state Supreme Court has been asked to halt an emergency rate increase that regulators granted to Mississippi Power Co.
Miss. Power’s 18 percent increase approved
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 now, could become permanent by December.
PSC to vote next week on Miss. Power rates, approves refunds
State utility regulators plan to decide Mississippi Power Co.’s request for an 18 percent rate increase on Aug. 13.
Utility wants credits as default option for Kemper refunds
Mississippi Power Co. is telling regulators that the company wants bill credits to be the default option when refunding the $350 million the company collected from customers for its Kemper County power plant.
Mississippi Power seeks to keep 18 percent rate increase
Saying it’s running short of cash and can no longer borrow without the support of its parent company, Mississippi Power Co. is trying again for a rate increase to help pay for the $6.2 billion power plant it’s building in Kemper County.
Miss. Power, Sierra settle litigation over construction
Mississippi Power will convert from coal to natural gas or retire several units at plants in south Mississippi and Greene County, Alabama, as part of an agreement to end litigation over construction of a coal-fired power plant in Kemper County.
Barbour makes pitch for Kemper Plant
Much like a fast runner giving his opponent a seemingly insurmountable head start, Haley Barbour flexed his rhetorical muscles Tuesday before a joint lunch meeting of the Lowndes County Republican Women and the Columbus Rotary Club.
Kemper plant reversal ‘major victory’
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley called the Mississippi Supreme Court’s Thursday reversal of a lower courts ruling approving construction of a Kemper county coal plant a “major victory” for Mississippi Power Company customers.