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Shanks shifting to nuclear spinoff
Carolyn Shanks, President and CEO of Entergy Mississippi Inc., has accepted a position with Enexus Energy Corporation, the independent, publicly traded nuclear power company that Entergy plans to spin off later this year. Haley Fisackerly, vice president of governmental affairs for Entergy Nuclear, will succeed Shanks. In her...
Better Business Bureau honors companies, executives of integrity
On the occasional dreary day, it may seem to some business owners that doing the right thing isn't worth much. No one seems to notice; energy is drained. But once in a while, an "atta-boy" comes along to reinforce the reason for refusing to cut corners with customers or...
The New Faces of I.T.
Southern Company new LinkedIn.CompanyInsiderPopup("in1","Southern Company"); More on CIO.com IT Executives Struggle with Workforce Diversity For a Gender-Balanced Workforce, Businesses Should Copy Xerox's Approach Three Traits the 21st Century Technology Manager Must Have Making Your IT...
Spellings in state selling No Child Left Behind Act renewal
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is on a barnstorming tour of the country to drum up support for the No Child Left Behind Act. February 14 was Mississippi's turn, where she held a roundtable discussion with education and business leaders, including Gov. Haley Barbour and state Superintendent of...
Fitch Affirms Ratings of Southern Co. and Subsidiaries; Outlook Stable
NEW YORK -- Fitch has affirmed the ratings of Southern Company (Southern, IDR 'A') and each of its subsidiaries. The Rating Outlook of Southern and its subsidiaries: Georgia Power Company (GPC, IDR 'A'), Alabama Power Company (APC, IDR 'A'), Mississippi Power Co. (MPC, IDR 'A+'), Gulf Power Company (Gulf, IDR...
Sewer Rehabilitation Strategy Workshop.(UCT SPECIAL PROGRAM: January 28)
Presented by noted engineering project managers and researchers George Kurz of Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, and Pat Stevens of ADS Environmental Services, this course will take attendees through a process to develop an overall strategy to reduce I/I and more effectively rehabilitate...
Mississippi Main Street Association announces 2008 board lineup, plans
The Mississippi Main Street Association's 2008 board of directors retreated to Columbus August 9- 10 to finalize the association's strategic plans and budget for the 2008 fiscal year. The 2008 officer slate is Suzanne Smith, Renasant Bank of Tupelo, is board president; Chuck Ueltschey, Mississippi Power Company of Gulfport,...
Southern chooses Siemens
GULFPORT - Atlanta-based Southern Company has selected Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution Inc.'s Spectrum Power 3 energy management system to monitor, control and optimize the reliability of its transmission system consisting of more than 27,000 miles of transmission lines, 3,400 substations and 300,000-plus acres of right of way. Terms were...
Siemens to Supply Southern Company's Energy Management System
Four Subsidiaries Convert to New Transmission Control System RALEIGH, N.C. -- Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. announced that Southern Company has selected its Spectrum Power[TM] 3 energy management system to monitor, control, and optimize the reliability of its transmission system consisting of over 27,000...
Grants, contributions and time boost communities
Many of Mississippi's largest companies leverage their size to make positive impacts in the state and their communities. Four of them -- Taylor Machine Works, Entergy, Nissan and Mississippi Power -- spoke to the Mississippi Business Journal about the various ways they and their employees are involved in meeting community...
Insured Issues Rated 'AAA' by Fitch May 31, 2007
NEW YORK -- Fitch rates the following insured issues 'AAA': -- Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund LA, $103,135,000 Tulane University of Louisiana refunding revenue bonds, series 2007C (insured: MBIA Insurance Corp.) -- Ankeny IA, $13,040,000 general obligation bonds, series 2007B (insured: XL...
USA: MISSISSIPPI POWER AWARDED CONTRACT FOR REINFORCING VARIOUS STATION.
Mississippi Power Co., an investor-owned utility company, Gulfport, Miss., is being awarded a $16,611,950 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded electric commodity contract (N62467-88-F-1862) for utility hardening work at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss. The work to be performed provides for reinforcing various station...
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Mississippi -- Wetlands along a bayou that feeds the Pascagoula River has been restored. Egrets and pelicans have already returned to the site, called Bennett Bayou. The project was funded by a coalition of government agencies and Mississippi Power. It was part...
Southern Company Receives National Wild Turkey Federation Award
To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Kurt Brautigam or Mike Tyndall, both of Southern Company,+1-404-506-5333 or +1-866-506-5333, or media@southerncompany.com ATLANTA, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The National WildTurkey Federation NWTF recently presented Southern Company with theEnergy for Wildlife Achievement Award during its 31st annualConvention and Sport Show in Nashville, Tenn. (Logo:...
Sanderson Farms, Inc. Holds Annual Meeting of Stockholders
LAUREL, Miss. -- Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) announced today that it held its annual meeting of stockholders this morning at its home office in Laurel, Mississippi. In the formal business conducted at the meeting, stockholders elected five directors to three-year terms expiring at the 2010 annual...
Companies revise continuity plans in wake of hurricane losses; Emergency response must help workers deal with disaster.
Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS Preparations to quickly restore company operations following widespread disaster can fall short when employees are overwhelmed with emergency needs at home, suggest risk managers who have battle-tested their business continuity plans. Developing a strategy to communicate with workers...
PowerGrid Communications, Inc. to Launch BPL Trial with Entergy.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 January 2007-PowerGrid Communications Inc: PowerGrid Communications, Inc. to Launch BPL Trial with Entergy C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09012007 Boise, ID and New York, NY - Entergy Corporation, one of the nation's largest electric utilities serving over 2.7...
Mississippi Power Company plans coal-burning plant near Meridian
GULFPORT - Mississippi and the state's elected officials are intent on becoming an integral part of finding alternative fuels and decreasing the nation's dependence on foreign oil. That dream again came into focus with the recent announcement by Mississippi Power Company of plans to build a clean-burning coal facility in...
Mississippi Power to Explore IGCC
Using its newly acquired Department of Energy certification for the project and Internal Revenue Service approval of tax credits, (face=+Italic; See story this issueface=-Italic; ) Southern Co.'s Mississippi Power is considering building a $1.8 billion, 600 MW, IGCC facility in Kemper County that would gasify lignite coal. The...
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- Incorporated: 1972
- CEO: Mr. Anthony J. Topazi
Mississippi Power is engaged in the generation and purchase of electricity and the transmission, distribution, and sale of such energy within 23 counties in southeastern Mississippi, at retail in 123 communities (including Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Laurel, Meridian, and Pascagoula), as well as in rural areas, and at wholesale to one municipality, six rural electric distribution cooperative associations, and one generating and transmitting cooperative.
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Mississippi Power Co. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Anthony J. Topazi
Mr. Roy Anderson III
Mr. Tommy E. Dulaney
Mr. Aubrey B. Patterson Jr.
Ms. Christine L. Pickering
Dr. Martha D. Saunders
Mr. George A. Schloegel
Dr. Philip J. Terrell
Mr. Robert C. Khayat
Contact Information
2992 West Beach Boulevard
Gulfport, MS
http://www.mississippipower.com
228 864-1211
NAICS Code
Electric Power Distribution: 221122
