Fitch downgrades Mississippi Power after PSC blocks rate hike
GULFPORT — Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Mississippi Power Company (Mississippi Power) to “A-“ from “A” and revised the Rating Outlook to “negative” from “stable.”...
View ArticleSouthern Pine EPA suspends e-payments due to phishing scams
TAYLORSVILLE — A rural electricity cooperative in Mississippi has stopped taking electronic checks because so many of its customers have been scammed by people or websites claiming to represent the...
View ArticleKemper plant headed back to court; gasifier installed
KEMPER COUNTY — Opponents will return to court tomorrow seeking to again invalidate state regulators’ decision to allow Mississippi Power Co. to build a $2.8 billion power plant in Kemper County. The...
View ArticleEntergy: Isaac’s costs run $400M-$500M
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation has released an update on preliminary financial effects, liquidity resources and recovery initiatives after Hurricane Isaac. Total restoration costs for the repair...
View ArticleEntergy, ITC file spin-off request with PSC
JACKSON — Entergy Mississippi Inc., in conjunction with ITC Holdings Corp. and ITC Midsouth LLC, has filed a request with the Mississippi Public Service Commission to spin off the Mississippi electric...
View ArticleT.L. Wallace wins infrastructure project at KiOR site
NATCHEZ — Adams County supervisors have approved a $522,673 to relocate a sewer line on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR’s Natchez alternative fuel production facility....
View ArticleEntergy sees quarterly net income soar
NEW ORLEANS — Electric power company Entergy Corp.’s fourth-quarter net income nearly doubled helped by lower income tax expenses. The New Orleans-based utility earned $296.3 million, or $1.66 per...
View ArticleGovernor signs Kemper plant-related bills into law
KEMPER COUNTY — Gov. Phil Bryant signed two bills into law yesterday, codifying a settlement between the Public Service Commission and Mississippi Power Co. over the company’s Kemper County power...
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