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Bigger Pie Forum highlights how abundant and affordable power help fuel growth and prosperity. BPF is engaged in the regulatory oversight of electric utilities and aims to promote common sense solutions rooted in free-market economic principles.
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The Kemper County Clean Lignite Plant
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Another Utility Hustle
The Mississippi Public Service Commission purports to regulate utility monopolies including Mississippi Power and Entergy Mississippi. But the PSC actually shills for them.
Trust the Science Frauds
Richard Feynman said: “Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts.”
More Lessons From Germany
The Germans have learned that green energy from windmills is not reliable. And that depending on Russia for reliable natural gas backup is expensive – and not all that reliable either.
The MPSC, Green Energy and Grand Gulf
Once again, we encourage the Mississippi Public Service Commission to do its job: assure reliable affordable electricity for Mississippi customers. It’s supposed to make Entergy Mississippi and Mississippi Power do this … But the MPSC listens to the utilities and to the Public Utilities Staff which “balances” the interests of customers and utilities. No one speaks just for customers.
BPF Book Review | “A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations”
In March 2022, energy and fuels once again find themselves at a pivot point in a global confrontation. “A Question of Power” is an excellent guidebook to better understand the current situation and what might be done about it. Regulators in wealthy nations should read it and take heed.
Entergy’s Kemper
What about Entergy’s green power? Will it be affordable? Who knows. If it’s not, maybe the PSC will make the company pay for it. Will it be reliable? Maybe not. What will the PSC do then? What will customers do if there are power outages and rolling blackouts? Where will they get their power?