Hattiesburg, Miss. – The Mississippi 30 Day Fund is excited to announce a new partnership with Cooperative Energy. Cooperative Energy is continuing its commitment to the communities they serve by giving $30,000 to the Fund. One hundred percent of this donation will go directly towards serving Mississippi’s small businesses suffering […]
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Jeff Bowman officially assumed his duties as Cooperative Energy president and CEO today. Cooperative Energy’s Board of Directors in May named Bowman as president, and the successor to long-time president and CEO Jim Compton, who is now President Emeritus. Bowman,48, becomes only the fourth CEO in the company’s history.
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Technology Allows Utility to Continue Mission and Provide Reliable, Safe Energy BENNDALE, MS – Cooperative Energy today dedicated a new gas-fired engine power plant at its Benndale Station, marking the first electric utility globally to own and place Wärtsilä 31SG engines into commercial operation. The 22.7 MW plant, located in rural George County,
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Hattiesburg, Miss. – Cooperative Energy’s Board of Directors today announced the selection of Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer Jeff Bowman as the company’s new President. Bowman additionally will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer in late 2019, upon the retirement of Cooperative Energy’s current President and CEO Jim Compton. Bowman, 47, will
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Cooperative plans to purchase all electricity from renewable energy facility developed by Renewable Energy Systems Hattiesburg-based Cooperative Energy today announced plans to grow its renewable energy portfolio through an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems (RES), with electricity to be generated at a 100 MW solar energy facility near Greenwood in Carroll County. The parties
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (June 21, 2018) – Cooperative Energy today announced a five-year plan to convert R.D. Morrow, Sr. Generating Station (Plant Morrow) from coal to a natural gas- fired combined cycle plant. Plant Morrow is located in Lamar County near Purvis, Miss. Efficiency and improved economic factors led Cooperative Energy’s Board of Directors to approve
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SUMRALL, MS (March 7, 2018) – Cooperative Energy and Origis Energy today celebrated their new joint venture 52-megawatt solar project in Lamar County, signifying a major commitment to generating environmentally-friendly renewable energy. Elected officials and business leaders joined the two companies at the celebration, held at the facility site near Sumrall in Lamar County. The
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Cooperative Energy has been asked by our reliability coordinator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to request that our end users curtail their electricity usage on January 18 between 5:00am-11:00am. The severe temperatures are causing a critical shortage of electricity in the mid United States region. This voluntary reduction of usage will hopefully
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Earlier this morning, our reliability coordinator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) requested that Cooperative Energy ask our end users to curtail their electricity usage between 5:00am-11:00am. This request was made in an effort to minimize strain on the electric system due to the severe temperatures which have been causing a critical
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The technology group Wärtsilä will deliver a 22.7 MW Smart Power Generation plant under a full Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract to Cooperative Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The project will consist of two gas-fired Wärtsilä 31SG engines, the first order for the world’s most efficient gas engine. The plant