Exsisting Infrastructure \ utilities

 

Electricity

Mississippi has abundant, dependable and reasonably priced electric power. Major electric suppliers in are Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Corporation), Mississippi Power Company (Southern Company), and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Numerous private electric power association cooperatives and several municipal systems also serve the state. The Electric Power Associations is a 26 member-owned not-for-profit group that represents the rural electric cooperatives in Mississippi.

 

To support Mississippi's economic development efforts, electric suppliers offer incentive electricity pricing to new manufacturing industries and to existing manufacturing industries that make significant expansions.

 

Natural Gas

There are 12 private distribution natural gas companies, 6 private direct sales natural gas companies, and 48 municipal natural gas systems serving Mississippi. Thirteen interstate pipeline companies, most with open access transportation, and four major gas storage facilities supply Mississippi distributors through 11,000 miles of interstate and intrastate natural gas and crude oil transmission pipelines. This means that nearly all communities in the state can provide natural gas for industrial use.

 

Crude Oil and Propane

Four crude oil refineries are in operation in Mississippi. Mississippi companies dealing with crude oil have an excellent network for purchasing, storing, transporting, and marketing this item on both land and water. Supplies of propane are also available throughout the state. Mississippi also has one of the world's largest CO2 deposits.