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  HATTIESBURG, MS – Cooperative Energy and Origis Energy USA today announced the installation of the first solar power panels at the 540-acre solar site located near Sumrall in Lamar County. Construction began in April on the 52 MW solar energy facility, which will provide clean energy to the generation and transmission cooperative’s 423,000 members […]

Left to right: Johan Vanhee, managing director operations and business development, Origis Energy; Nathan Brown, senior vice president chief operating officer, Cooperative Energy; and Gary Hutson, vice president power supply, Cooperative Energy, lead the groundbreaking on the 52MW solar site near Sumrall in Lamar County. HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Hattiesburg-based Cooperative Energy and Origis Energy USA […]

Hattiesburg, Miss. – S&P Global Ratings has raised Cooperative Energy’s issuer credit rating from ‘A-’ to ‘A’. S&P Global Ratings also raised its rating on the cooperative’s series 2009A Mississippi Business Finance Corporation’s $40 million Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds from ‘A-’ to ‘A’ with a stable outlook. Cooperative Energy (Cooperative), which recently changed its name […]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. –  Fitch Ratings has upgraded Cooperative Energy’s $35.4 million series 2009A Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds to ‘A’ from ‘A-‘. Cooperative Energy (the Cooperative), which recently changed its name from South Mississippi Electric Power Association, is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative that provides wholesale electric service to 11 retail […]

New name becomes effective immediately HATTIESBURG, Miss. (November 9, 2016) – South Mississippi Electric today announced that, effective immediately, the company has changed its name to Cooperative Energy. Company leaders say the new name better reflects the Hattiesburg-based cooperative’s mission and broader business model in the energy sector. The name and new logo were revealed […]

Coahoma Electric, Delta Electric are Operational and Generating Electricity (March 23, 2016) – South Mississippi Electric (SME) today celebrated the first solar power generation facilities in the Mississippi Delta with a joint ribbon-cutting event for sites at Delta Electric Power Association and Coahoma Electric Power Association. Coahoma is headquartered in Lyon, and Delta in Greenwood, […]

South Mississippi Electric Rolls Out Solar Power Sites First Two of Five Planned solar Generation Facilities ARE Located at Singing River Electric In Lucedale and coast Electric in Kiln (March 14, 2016) – South Mississippi Electric (SME) today celebrated the first solar power generation facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with ribbon cutting events at […]

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC PART OF NATIONAL COOPERATIVE APPEAL CHALLENGING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S CLEAN POWER PLAN (October 26,2015) Hattiesburg-based South Mississippi Electric (SME) joined a petition filed Oct. 23, 2015, by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) challenging the federal government’s Clean Power Plan, an ill-advised regulation that will harm SME’s members through higher rates and […]

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC ADDS TO ITS SOLAR ENERGY PORTFOLIO Cooperative will purchase all electricity from renewable energy facility developed by Origis Energy USA (July, 2015) Hattiesburg-based South Mississippi Electric (SME) today announced plans to grow its renewable energy portfolio through an agreement with Origis Energy USA, with electricity to be generated at a 52MW solar […]

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC PLANS FIVE SOLAR POWER FACILITIES Not-for-profit cooperative hopes to have installations operational by early 2016 (May 28, 2015) Hattiesburg-based South Mississippi Electric (SME) today announced plans to add to its renewable energy portfolio with the construction of five solar power facilities.  The project is scheduled to be operational by early 2016, with […]