AP – Miss. regulators ease restrictions on power plant

Miss. regulators ease restrictions on power plant

ACKSON, Miss. (AP) – State regulators have loosened some of their earlier restrictions on Mississippi Power Co.’s proposed coal-fired electrical generating plant in Kemper County, including a decision that would let the company collect constructions costs from customers.

The Public Service Commission voted 2-1 Wednesday on the new conditions for the plant application.

Last month, the commission approved the application but with a lengthy set of conditions that Mississippi Power said would have made it impossible to finance or build the plant.

AP
5/26/10