Miss. Commission Denies Challenges Of Power Plant

Mississippi Power is part of the Southern Company, which includes Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Gulf Power. It has about 184,000 customers in the 23 counties of southeast Mississippi and announced in December 2006 that it was considering building the plant in east central Mississippi's Kemper County.

Besides the 260 permanent jobs, the utility says 1,000 jobs will be available during peak construction. The company has received a $270 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and $133 million in investment tax credits under the National Energy Policy Act of 2005.