• Mississippi Power says it is bringing in Performance Contractors from Baton Rouge, La., as the new primary construction company on its Kemper County power plant that will gasify coal for use in the generators.
• A joint-venture of KBR and Yates Construction had been in charge. The utility is not making a direct connection between the change and a cost increase this year that has pushed estimated costs from $2.4 billion to $2.88 billion – the maximum the company can get back from customers.
• Mississippi Power plans to begin generating electricity in May 14.

From the article:

A joint-venture of KBR and Yates Construction is out as the primary builder of Mississippi Power's $2.88-billion Kemper County integrated gasification combined-cycle project, and Performance Contractors is in, as the owner moves to rein in the project's costs. ...