Posts Tagged ‘MS Utility Consumer Advocate’
BPF Intervenor Filing on Integrated Resource Planning Rule 2018-AD-64
Bigger Pie Forum was approved Friday to participate in a docket with the Mississippi Public Service Commission that will decide how the commission reviews the future generation needs and capacity of the state’s two investor-owned utilities, Mississippi Power and Entergy.
Read MoreA Conversation Starter for Changing Mississippi’s Regulation of Utilities
Bigger Pie Forum commissioned a study of the structure of PSCs around the country. Among its many discoveries, the study found that Mississippi’s arrangement, which has an investigative staff that is a separate entity from the PSC, is unique among the states.
Read MoreStanding Firm and Pushing Back: The PSC Tilts the Scales Toward the Consumer
MPCO brazenly threatens recovery of all costs associated with the gasifiers, definitely not in the best interests of its customers. The PSC tilts the scales toward the consumer threatening a Show Cause Order which demands MPC prove the need of the Kemper Project in the first place or risk having the entire site closed resulting in total write offs of $7.6 billion.
Read MoreWhere’s the Prosecutor – The Need for a Consumer Advocate
It’s not a fair fight. It’s not a fight at all because there is no one representing the little guy. Who should? The AG? He could, but he’s AWOL. Or a consumer advocate?
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