Regulators plan vote on Mississippi Power rate increase
Published 12:00 pm Thursday, August 13, 2015
- Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley stresses the need for accountability from Mississippi Power Company in issuing refunds or credits to customers after the commission voted to comply with a state supreme court order that found illegal the 2013 rate increase for the $6.2 billion power plant in Kemper County, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in Jackson, Miss. In addition, the unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. must roll back the 18 percent increase starting with the August billing cycle. Commissioners say they'll vote on a refund plan in August. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Public Service Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday and vote on whether it will give Mississippi Power Co. a rate increase.
The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. says it’s running out of cash and needs an emergency 18 percent rate increase, in part because of the costs of building a $6.2 billion power plant in Kemper County.
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Mississippi Power wants the commission to raise rates on an interim basis, making the $159-million-a-year increase permanent after examining whether the company spent wisely on parts of the plant already generating electricity.
Opponents say the company wants to take back an 18 percent rate cut ordered by the state Supreme Court in February, and say the move defies the ruling. Mississippi Power plans to issue $350 million in refunds under the order.
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