Southern Company’s Dream

The BPF Editorial Board | March 4, 2020 |
Southern CEO Dream

The Southern Company’s dream of a multi-billion plant to transform lignite into electricity will be history in four short years. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the gasifiers and chemical plant will be scrapped by 2024. Remediation of the Liberty lignite mine will be completed this year.

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The PSC and the MRC

Kelley Williams | July 11, 2017 |
Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Mississippi River Commission (MRC)

What do the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Mississippi River Commission (MRC) have in common? Both have presided over multi-billion dollar project failures.

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Trump, Kemper, and Mississippi Floods

Kelley Williams | June 17, 2016 |
The Overton Window

What do Donald Trump, the Kemper County Lignite Plant, and Mississippi River floods have in common? The Overton Window explains all three. Yeh, sure. What’s the Overton Window?

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