Miss. Regulators Deny 2 Motions Over Power Plant

TIMOTHY R. BROWN

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has denied two motions, including one filed by state Attorney General Jim Hood, challenging the application for a planned $2.2 billion power plant in Kemper County.

Hood had said he was concerned Mississippi Power Co. was blending the certificate or application for the plant with a rate increase request. He also said in his motion that the PSC has jurisdiction over electric utilities, but not over the manufacturing of synthetic gas.

The plant would be an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility that converts locally mined lignite, or "brown coal," into a gas to generate lower-emission electricity. ...