MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER

The One River-No Lake Coalition invites you to a Community Meeting on the One Lake Project which is being proposed for the Jackson metro area. The One Lake Project is a plan to dredge, widen, dam and develop the Pearl River in and around Jackson, which poses downstream impact to our coast. Come and learn about the potential community, economic and environmental impacts of the project.

Tuesday, May 22nd, from 5:30-7:00 PM at the Westside Community Center, 4006 8th Street (and 41st Ave.) Gulfport, MS.

The Mississippi Public Service Commission issued a Request for Proposals (RFP),
seeking an independent contractor to conduct a study on the actual benefits of distributed generation in Mississippi. This study is required of Mississippi per the Mississippi Renewable Energy Net Metering Rule. Studies of this nature have been conducted across the nation with varying levels of net benefits and costs concluded to occur. The proposal due date is May 25. The contract will be awarded on June 5. The project period will be from July 2018 to December 3, 2018. Funding for the study will be collected from the utilities.

FROM THE LENS By Michael Isaac Stein, Contributing writer
Last October, about 50 people in bright orange shirts filed into City Hall for a public hearing on Entergy’s request to build a $210 million power plant in eastern New Orleans. Their shirts read, “Clean Energy. Good Jobs. Reliable Power.”
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ENTERGY SAYS PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM HIRED PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITS NEW POWER PLANT

The One Lake project, is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This project has been proposed in various forms for over 20 years, and is a plan to dredge, widen, dam and develop the Pearl River in and around Jackson, MS. The One River, No Lake Coalition, which includes the Gulf Restoration Network,, Jackson Audubon Society, Mississippi Wildlife Federation, Pearl Riverkeeper and Sierra Club Mississippi, came together on April 24th to hold a public forum on the project.

The Mississippi Native Plant Society (MNPS) will be holding its annual conference this year in Starkville on May 19-20.

The MNPS is a non-profit organization established in 1980 to promote the preservation of native plants and their habitats through conservation, education, and utilization.

The conference is free to paid-up members; there will be a $10 fee for non-members which comes with a one-year membership. Advance registration is not required. Additional details will be posted on the MNPS web site as they become available.

APRIL 13, 2018 JACKSON, MS
The One River, No Lake Coalition invites you to a Community Forum on the One Lake project, a plan to dredge, widen, dam and develop the Pearl River in and around Jackson, MS. Learn about the potential community, economic and environmental impacts of the One Lake project.

The One River, No Lake Coalition members include Gulf Restoration Network, Jackson Audubon Society, Mississippi Wildlife Federation, Pearl Riverkeeper and the Mississippi Sierra Club .
REGISTER HERE

APRIL 13, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) - The Mississippi Public Service Commission says it will begin an operations review process for Mississippi Power Company, to be used as a precursor to a future rate case. READ MORE

Entergy Corporation, Mississippi's largest electric utility monopoly has "hijacked" the Mississippi Public Service Commission's reauthorization bill (HB 882). Language has been inserted that blocks Attorney General Jim Hood from filing suit against any electric utility in order to hold them accountable for civil or criminal acts that harm electric utility ratepayers like you and me! The bill has already passed the house and is now being reviewed and will be voted on by the Senate Energy committee. FOR MORE INFO READ THIS ARTICLE

PRESS RELEASE FROM THOMAS BLANTON
Thomas Blanton has announced, through his counsel, Michael Adelman, that he has decided not to file an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court of the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s Feb. 6, 2018 Kemper Order. This Order approves the Second Amended and Restated Stipulation and allows MPCo to go forward with the Kemper plant as a stand alone natural gasfacility or Kemper CC.

The following is an eyewitness account from our own Louie Miller.
Despite ​snowy ​sub freezing temperatures, Mississippians turned out in droves on Saturday to protest Trump's visit to our state. This cheap political stunt orchestrated by Trump and the sitting Guv, backfired in a flurry of bad local and national press. Trump's despicable track record on Civil Rights going back to the Central Park Five, was again highlighted, providing a catalyst for Mississippians to take to the street.