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More than 26,000 solar panels make up a 3.9 megawatt solar farm near Houston. The Public Service Commission is currently weighing how to update Mississippi’s net metering rule, a system where homeowners can generate their own solar power and receive credits from their utility company for any leftover electricity. Credit: Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today

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State weighs expanding access to rooftop solar program
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Wed,02/23/22-9:02AM , 1,487 Reads 22,334 Statewide
As utilities and clean energy advocates battle over expanding a seldom-used renewable energy program, the state’s regulators must soon decide: what is rooftop solar worth in Mississippi?
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Motorists wait in a mile-long line on Northside Drive in Jackson on Feb. 19, 2021 for a water giveaway at the Food Depot grocery store after thousands of residents in Jackson were left without water after a historic winter storm. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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A year after winter storms paralyzed Mississippi, PSC calls for upgrades to aging utilities
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Fri,02/18/22-11:02AM , 640 Reads 10,797 Statewide
On the week of Valentine’s Day, 2021, winter storms Uri and Viola incapacitated utilities in Mississippi and across the country. Southern cities and utility companies were especially unprepared, lacking shelter for their distribution systems that left customers without water and powers for extended periods after the storms.
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An aerial view of a 52 MW solar facility in Sumrall that sends energy to Mississippi Power. Credit: Mississippi Power

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The market, not climate concerns, is driving Mississippi’s slow push for renewable energy
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/04/22-4:24PM , 638 Reads 16,864 Statewide
“You have a better chance of getting these projects done because of the economic development side of it than trying to argue the merits of emissions,” Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley said.
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Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba answers questions from the media after addressing the city's water issues, and an EPA notice of non-compliance filed against the city, during a press conference at City Hall, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Mayor Lumumba pushes back on EPA letter, cites supply chain issues
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,02/01/22-9:12AM , 989 Reads 18,970 Statewide
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said at a Monday press conference that he was “pushing back” against a notice of non-compliance the Environmental Protection Agency sent the city last week, citing delays in the supply chain for needed parts at the water treatment facility.
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