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MS Code § 77-5-255 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 5 - Electric Power Associations|§ 77-5-255. Mediation of disputes between members or customers and electric power associations

  Subject to the limitations herein, the Public Service Commission shall investigate, review and mediate any dispute which qualifies as specified herein between a member or customer and the corporation of which he is a member. The minimum amount of a dispute which shall qualify for mediation under this section shall be: (a) One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) which has accumulated over the past twelve (12) months or (b) ten percent (10%) of the cumulative previous twelve (12) months' billing, whichever shall be the lesser. Investigation, review and mediation shall be commenced upon the filing of a petition with the Public Service Commission by a corporation or a member or customer of a corporation; provided, however, that the Public Service Commission shall not commence any proceedings nor commence any investigation, review or mediation of any such dispute until it has first been notified by both the member and the corporation of their consent to the investigation, review and mediation.The Public Service Commission also shall not commence any proceedings nor commence any investigation, review or mediation pursuant to such petition if at the time of filing the petition suit has been filed in any court of this state or of the United States with regard to the subject matter of the dispute and in which such corporation and member or customer are parties.Any such petition shall be immediately dismissed if any such suit is filed after filing of the petition with the commission.   In anymediation proceedings commenced under the provisions of this section, the Public Service Commission may, by order entered on its minutes and delivery of a certified copy thereof to the corporation, direct the corporation and the member or customer to provide the Public Service Commission with copies of all statements, accounts and reports concerning the dispute which the Public Service Commission may require. The Public Service Commission is further authorized to conduct and may conduct, or request the Public Utilities Staff to conduct, investigation and mediation of the dispute and may negotiate with the corporation and the member or customer for the resolution thereof.In every mediation proceeding under this section the Public Service Commission may perform only such duties relating to the dispute as it deems reasonable and likely to result in settlement of the dispute between the corporation and the member or customer.   Participation and continued participation in any investigation, proceeding, negotiation or mediation under the provisions of this section shall be voluntary by the corporation and the member or customer.
MS Code § 77-5-257 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 5 - Electric Power Associations|§ 77-5-257. TVA jurisdiction

 It is hereby recognized that certain corporations formed or operating under this article have entered into contracts with the Tennessee Valley Authority for the purchase of wholesale electric power and that the operations, facilities, services and rates of such corporations are thereby subject to extensive regulation by the Tennessee Valley Authority. In order to avoid the inefficiencies and confusion caused by duplicative, overlapping and conflicting jurisdiction and regulations, it is hereby declared that the Mississippi Public Service Commission and political subdivisions of the state shall not have jurisdiction over and shall not regulate those portions or aspects of a corporation's operations, facilities, services, or rates that are regulated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. In the event of a dispute between the Mississippi Public Service Commission (commission) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) over the existence or scope of TVA's regulatory authority, the commission shall defer to TVA's asserted authority unless and until the commission has obtained a favorable, final, and nonappealable declaratory judgment against TVA in a court of competent jurisdiction. In any such suit, the commission shall not force a corporation(s) to incur legal fees and expenses by naming them as a party, though a corporation shall maintain the right to seek voluntary intervention under the rules of the court in which the action is pending.
MS Code § 77-5-259 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 5 - Electric Power Associations|§ 77-5-259. Limitation for billing errors

 In any action or regulatory proceeding arising from any overbilling or underbilling by a corporation, no collection, reimbursement, or other relief may be awarded for underbillings or overbillings occurring more than six (6) years prior to the commencement of the action or regulatory proceeding.
MS Code § 77-5-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-301. Counties may engage in power development

 The counties of the State of Mississippi, acting by and through their boards of supervisors, are hereby authorized to erect, construct, purchase, and/or acquire and/or maintain and/or operate electric light plants, electric transmission lines, electric distribution system substations, and/or all electrical appurtenances and/or electric appliances and/or electric equipment necessary or useful in the operation or distribution of electric power and/or electric energy. The boards of supervisors shall have full authority to purchase, rent, lease, and/or acquire any and/or all kinds of property, real and/or personal, in order to carry out said powers and to enter into any and all contracts with the Tennessee Valley Authority and/or any similar agency of the federal government, which may be deemed necessary or expedient by such boards in exercising such powers. The boards of supervisors shall have full control over the erection, construction, maintenance, and operation of such properties, with full powers to pass rules for the control, operation, and maintenance of such properties, the rate to be charged, the manner of operation, and the employment of officials and employees of every kind.
MS Code § 77-5-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-303. Intergovernmental cooperation

 The board of supervisors of any county is expressly authorized to combine with any other county and/or municipality and/or counties and/or municipalities in the purchase and/or construction and/or the leasing and/or the acquiring of any of the properties enumerated in the preceding section of this article. For this purpose the boards of supervisors of the counties, and/or the governing authorities of the municipalities, are authorized and empowered to arrange by contract all the details for the erection, construction, maintenance, operation, and control of such property, the sharing of the costs, and/or the distribution of power, and the selection of a governing body to control and handle said property.
MS Code § 77-5-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-305. Ordinance of intention; notice; election

 In the event the board of supervisors of any county shall decide to exercise the powers authorized by this article, it shall adopt an ordinance expressing such intention and outlining the nature of the project and/or projects to be undertaken, and fix the maximum sum to be expended on said project for the erection, construction, improvement, and/or purchase of any of the property authorized to be acquired by this article. The board shall give notice of such intention by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in or published in said county for at least once a week for three successive weeks. It shall only be necessary that said notice shall state that the board has declared its intention to avail itself of the powers granted by this article, and to name the maximum amount proposed to be invested in the projects proposed.   In the event that twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of the county do not file a written protest against any such project by or before the first regular meeting of the board of supervisors after completion of publication of notice, the board is authorized to exercise the powers and authority named in Section 77-5-301 without further notice.   In the event that twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters shall file such written petition protesting against such proposed projects, the board must call a special election, before proceeding further, giving notice of the date of such election by publication in a newspaper published in the county or having a general circulation in said county, at least once each week for three successive weeks, the first publication of which must be at least thirty (30) days before the date of the election. The board of supervisors shall have the power to fix the date of such election, and such election shall be conducted as other special elections are conducted. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in such election shall vote in favor of such project, the board of supervisors shall have the power to put the same into effect. The board of supervisors may, in its discretion, call a special election without a petition of protest being filed, which shall be conducted in the same manner as heretofore outlined.
MS Code § 77-5-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-307. Activities must be self-sustaining

 No board of supervisors taking advantage of the provisions of this article shall issue any notes, bonds, or other obligations against the county for the purpose of paying or securing the payment of the cost or expense of purchasing, constructing, or otherwise acquiring, extending, or improving any real or personal property to be used, operated, or controlled under the provisions of this article, and the credit of the county shall not be pledged for the obligations arising out of the exercise of the powers contained in this article. All revenue derived from the operation of any property authorized by this article shall be placed in a separate fund, out of which the expenses are authorized to be paid. The board of supervisors shall have the power to pledge, assign, or otherwise hypothecate the net earnings of said property for a period not exceeding twenty-five years for the purpose of securing the payment of the original cost of the purchase and/or construction and/or extension and/or improvement of such property and also to mortgage or otherwise give a lien on any such property in order to secure the payment of any indebtedness on such property. The board of supervisors shall have power to borrow money for the purpose of paying the expenses authorized by this section and to issue negotiable notes or other evidences of indebtedness each of which shall distinctly state on its face that it is payable solely out of the earnings of the electric power system of such county and that the full faith and credit of the county are not pledged for its payment. The board of supervisors shall have the power to mortgage or otherwise give a lien on the electric power system of the county in order to secure any money borrowed for the purposes authorized in this article. The board of supervisors is expressly authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 77-5-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-309. Exercise of power of eminent domain

 The board of supervisors of any county is expressly authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain anywhere in the state, within or without the boundaries of such county, in order to acquire any property, real or personal, necessary or useful in the furtherance of the provisions of this article. Any property so acquired shall be paid for only out of the earnings of the electric power system of such county, or from money borrowed as authorized under the provisions of Section 77-5-307.
MS Code § 77-5-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-311. Debt limitations are inapplicable

 No statutes fixing the maximum amount of indebtedness of the county or prohibiting the issuance of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness shall apply or operate to limit the amount of money to be borrowed under this article, and in computing the indebtedness of any county the money borrowed under the provisions of this article, and the credit obtained under the provisions of this article, shall not be included as an obligation or indebtedness of the county.
MS Code § 77-5-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-313. Provisions of this article shall be applicable to municipalities as well as counties

 All rights, privileges, powers and duties granted or imposed in the preceding sections to counties acting through their boards of supervisors shall likewise apply and be applicable to the municipalities acting through their governing authorities, who may exercise the same conjunctively with counties acting through their boards of supervisors.
MS Code § 77-5-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934|§ 77-5-315. Construction of article; article cumulative

 It being the purpose of this article to promote rural electrification and encourage the Tennessee Valley Authority to distribute electric power in this state, the provisions of this article shall receive a liberal interpretation and construction.   It is not the purpose of this article to repeal or alter any existing law providing for the purchase, construction, and/or operation of any electric light plant, transmission lines, distribution system, and/or other electric properties by municipalities and/or counties, but to provide an additional and/or cumulative and/or alternative method for the acquiring, purchasing, constructing, maintaining, operating, and/or controlling of such electric light plants, transmission lines, distribution systems, and/or other electric properties coming under the provisions of this article.
MS Code § 77-5-401 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 9 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1936|§ 77-5-401. Short title

 This article may be cited as "The Municipal Electric Plant Law of 1936."
MS Code § 77-5-403 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 9 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1936|§ 77-5-403. Definitions

 The following terms when used in this article shall have the following meaning:   The term "municipality" shall mean any county, incorporated city, town or village in the State of Mississippi.   The term "electric plant" shall mean generating and/or transmission and/or distribution systems, together with all other facilities, equipment and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to any such system, for the furnishing of electric power and energy for lighting, heating, power or any other purpose for which electric power and energy can be used.   The term "improvement" shall mean any improvement, extension, betterment or addition to any electric plant.   The term "electric service" shall mean the furnishing of electric power and energy for lighting, heating, power or any other purpose for which electric power and energy can be used.   The term "acquire" shall mean to purchase, to lease, to construct, to reconstruct, to replace, or to acquire by gift or exercise of the right of eminent domain.   The term "dispose" shall mean to sell, to lease, or otherwise transfer any interest in property.   The term "improve" shall mean to acquire any improvement.   The term "federal agency" shall include the United States of America, the President of the United States of America, or the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, or any other similar agency, instrumentality or corporation of the United States of America, which has heretofore been or may hereafter be created by or pursuant to any act or acts or joint resolution of the Congress of the United States of America.   The term "law" shall mean any act or statute, general, special or local, of the State of Mississippi, including, but without limitation, the charter of any municipality.   The term "governing body" shall mean the board of supervisors, board, body or commission having general charge of the municipality.
MS Code § 77-5-407 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 9 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1936|§ 77-5-407. Issuance of bonds; election resolution and election procedure

 Before any bonds are issued under this article an election shall be held in the manner herein provided. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution (herein called the "election resolution") which shall state in substance:   the amount or maximum amount of bonds to be issued;   the purpose or purposes for which such bonds are to be issued;   the rate or maximum rate of interest which such bonds are to bear;   a brief concise statement (which need not go into any detail other than the mere statement of fact) showing whether such bonds will be payable (1) exclusively from revenues, (2) exclusively from taxes, (3) primarily from revenues and, to the extent of any deficiency in such revenues, from taxes, or (4) from taxes and additionally secured by a pledge of revenues;   the date on which such election will be held; and   the place or places where votes may be cast.   Such election resolution shall be published in full at least once, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed for such election, in a newspaper published and circulating in the municipality, or, if there be no such newspaper, then such election resolution shall be so published in a newspaper circulating in the municipality. Such election resolution shall also be posted not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed for such election in five (5) public places in the municipality.   At such election the ballot shall contain a brief statement of the maximum amount of bonds to be authorized and the purposes for which such bonds are to be issued, and shall contain the words "for the issuance of electric plant bonds" and "against the issuance of electric plant bonds," so arranged that the voter can intelligently vote his preference by making a cross (x) mark opposite the words indicating his preference. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to be of any particular size, color or quality, nor need sample ballots be printed, posted, or distributed.   At or before the regular meeting of the governing body of the municipality next succeeding the date of such election, such governing body shall canvass the returns and determine and declare the results of the election, and it shall be the duty of the governing body of such municipality to enter upon its minutes the results and the returns in such election. Except as otherwise provided in this article, such election shall be conducted by the election authorities prescribed by the general law of the State of Mississippi and according to the provisions of the general election laws of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 77-5-409 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 9 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1936|§ 77-5-409. Effect of election

 If a majority of the qualified voters who vote in such election vote "for the issuance of electric plant bonds," the governing body of the municipality shall proceed to issue the bonds described in the election resolution. If no such majority so assents, the proposition thus defeated shall not again be the subject of an election until three months shall have expired from the time the election relative to such bonds was held.
MS Code § 77-5-411 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 9 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1936|§ 77-5-411. Validation of bonds

  If an election on the proposition is had and such election results in favor of the proposition, the bonds so authorized may be validated in the manner prescribed in Chapter 13 of Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972.   In all instances where during the year 1948 any city in Mississippi adopted proceedings for the issuance of bonds to pay all or part of the cost of making extensions and improvements to an electric system owned and operated by such city, and where such bonds were to be payable solely from the revenues to be derived by such city from the operation of such electric system, such proceedings are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and the bonds issued pursuant to such proceedings are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and the bonds constitute the legal and binding obligations of each such city, and this despite any lack of authority for the authorization of such bonds, and despite the failure of the governing body of such city to observe any pertinent statutory provisions in the authorization or issuance of such bonds. All of the covenants and agreements contained in such proceedings are hereby declared legal and binding and each such city shall be under the statutory duty of carrying out all such covenants and agreements in accordance with their terms. All such bonds shall constitute fully negotiable instruments.