MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER

GROWING MISSISSIPPI'S CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
Jackson, MS -- Today’s filing by Pattern Energy Group LP before the Mississippi Public Service
Commission is a step in the right direction for the State of Mississippi. Pattern’s transmission project, known as Southern Cross, will deliver up to 2,000 megawatts of abundant, affordable, and clean wind energy from Texas to Mississippi and the Southeast. The project is expected to generate significant economic benefits and jobs to the State of Mississippi.

BY NKRUMAH FRAZIER (EX-COM MEMBER, MISSISSIPPI SIERRA CLUB)
On March 4, thousands of people gathered in Canton to “March On Mississippi.” Various news sources cited that between 3,000 and 5,000 individuals converged on Canton with one goal in mind: to show support for and solidarity with workers fighting for the right to join a union and for a safe working environment.

Instructor Adam Rohnke will teach an intensive 9-week short-course for Mississippi citizens who are interested in learning more about Mississippi’s natural resources.

Upon completion of the course and the final requirement for certification, participants empowered with their newly attained knowledge will be able to better serve their communities by providing technical assistance regarding natural resources through education, outreach, and service.

Posted by DAN ZEGART (CIC)/March 15, 2017
With the Kemper power plant officially scheduled to go on-line imminently according to builder Southern Company, a group of key engineers and managers who work on the plant's so-far-inoperable gasifier has left the company.
Earlier this month, Southern Company posted a cluster of want ads on its web site for a "gasification owner," a "refinery technician-mechanic," a "refinery technician-entry level," and a "gasification technician."

INCREDIBLE!!!
Does not begin to describe this AWESOME event this past Saturday...Mississippians of every stripe, rich, poor, of every color, of every age, and religion turned out in droves to show their support for Nissan workers and the star studded line up of speakers who carried the message. Details in over two dozen press hits and release below...

GULF COAST GROUP CHAIR STEVE SHEPARD SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE AT THE MARCH OR MISSISSIPPI
Jeanne and I rode the bus from Gulfport and attended the "March for Mississippi" yesterday.

The speakers were all incredible, but I have to say I've never been more proud to be a Sierra Club member than when our Sierra Club president Aaron Mair got up to speak wearing his father's Auto Union jacket. (photo at right)

The Mississippi Sierra Club is sponsoring our first kayak trip of the year. We will be exploring Pelahatchie Bay at the Reservoir. For those who do not have kayaks, we have arranged for a kayak company to provide kayaks at a price of $25 for the trip.

From Moodys Investors Service
RATINGS RATIONALE
"The downgrade of Mississippi Power's ratings reflects our expectations for heightened regulatory contentiousness as the utility pursues cost recovery on the increasingly uneconomic Kemper integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant, construction of which has severely stressed the utility's financial profile" said Michael G. Haggarty, Associate Managing Director.

February 28, 2017
BY Wyatt Emmerich
Southern Company chief executive officer Tom Fanning now says it may be less expensive to run the Kemper power plant on natural gas than gasified lignite (low grade coal). That means the $6.2 billion cost of the gasifier is down the drain. This is what happens when you bet billions on experimental technology. The magnitude of the waste boggles imagination.

For $250 million, Southern could have purchased a used natural gas plant capable of producing as much power as Kemper. While Kemper was under construction, Entergy bought three of them for that price.

On March 4th join Sierra Club President Aaron Mair, Senator Bernie Sanders and actor Danny Glover in Canton for a rally and march to support a fundamental democratic right!