Cooperative Energy

Cooperative Energy (CE) is an electrical generation and transmission cooperative in Hattiesburg, Mississippi providing power to more than 427,000 homes and businesses.[1][2][3]

In 2015, the cooperative decided not to purchase a 15 percent interest in Mississippi Power's coal gasification power plant in Kemper County, Mississippi known as the Kemper Project.[4]

On November 9, 2016, the South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) changed its name to Cooperative Energy.[5]

In 2017 the cooperative opened a solar farm (photovoltaic power station) near Sumrall, Mississippi.[6]

References

  1. Electrical cooperative pulls out of Kemper power plant deal Mississippi Business Journal, May 21, 2015^
  2. South Mississippi Electric Power Association (Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Associated Smart Grid Investments for Rural Mississippi) www.smartgrid.gov, retrieved 2018-06-18^
  3. Who We Are - Not-for-profit, member-owned, locally led electric co-op Cooperative Energy, retrieved 2017-02-01^
  4. Jeff Amy. SMEPA pulls out of Kemper coal power plant deal PennEnergy, May 21, 2015, retrieved 2018-06-18^
  5. Cooperative Energy. South Mississippi Electric Becomes Cooperative Energy PR Newswire, retrieved 2017-02-01^
  6. Becky Gillette. TOP 100 — Cooperative Energy prepares to open solar farm near Sumrall Mississippi Business Journal, 2017-11-02, retrieved 2018-06-18^