Mississippi

Legislative activities

No legislative activities on smart grid have been identified for Mississippi.

Regulatory activities

The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved and still has active an experimental rate schedule that would now be considered Time of Use but when approved for use in 1989 was just called Experimental General Lighting and Power Rate Schedule. The commission also addressed distributed generation by 1998. [1, 2]

Time of Use breaks the cost of energy into an off-peak and a seasonal on-peak price.

Distributed generators include qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities where prices are based on a seasonal on-peak and off peak price.

Utilities and Rate Schedules

Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
- Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Residential Rates
- Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Business Rates

Mississippi Power
- Mississippi Power Residential Rates
- Mississippi Power Business Rates

See the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) for information on consumer-owned Cooperatives: http://www.nreca.org/members/MemberDirectory/Pages/default.aspx

State-Level Incentives

Mississippi has a TVA generation partners program, and a loan program for thermal electric.

More information can be found in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=MS

Additional Resources

State Energy Office:
- Mississippi Development Authority Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development Energy Division

State Authority Dealing with Energy Regulation:
- Mississippi Public Service Commission
- Docket Search: http://www.insite.psc.state.ms.us/publicinsiteweb/cts_wv/

Mississippi Code of 1972

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=MS

References

[1] Entergy, Entergy Mississippi, Inc, Commercial and Industrial Rate and Rider Schedules. URL: http://www.entergy-mississippi.com/Your_Business/Business_Tariffs.aspx
[2] Mississippi Power, Residential Electricity Pricing. URL: http://www.mississippipower.com/pricing/ms_resrates.asp