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Votes at a glance: Public Service Commission approves consent docket, energy project and audit-related orders
Summary
At its docket meeting the Public Service Commission approved the consent docket, a Cooperative Energy/Magnolia EPA transmission and substation project (docket 2025UA46), the June minutes and orders implementing 2024 fuel audit recommendations for Entergy and Mississippi Power.
The Public Service Commission approved several items at its docket meeting, including a transmission and substation project in Walthall County (docket 2025UA46) and administrative orders stemming from 2024 fuel audits.
Key votes
- Consent docket: Commissioners approved the proposed consent dockets by voice vote. Motion and seconder were not identified on the record; the motion carried.
- Docket 2025UA46 (Cooperative Energy / Magnolia Electric Power Association): The commission approved a joint petition authorizing acquisition of sites and rights-of-way and construction of a new 115-kV transmission line, a switching station and a Lake Walthall substation in Walthall County. Staff recommended approval contingent on the companies filing completed plans and specifications before construction. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
- Approval of June minutes: The commission approved the minutes for the June meeting by voice vote.
- Entergy 2024 fuel audit (order implementing auditors' recommendations): The procurement auditing firm London Economics made eight recommendations in the Entergy audit report. The commission approved an order directing that each recommendation continue to be reviewed during the 2025 audit (also being conducted by London Economics) and instructing Entergy to identify the specific steps taken on each item so auditors and the commission can gauge progress; the order directs reevaluation of the need for an action plan in early 2026. The motion carried by voice vote.
- Mississippi Power 2024 audit (order implementing auditors' recommendations): The procurement auditing firm Bates White made five recommendations. The approved order continued review of two recommendations during the 2025 audit period and found one recommendation did not require additional action at this time. Commissioners voted to approve the order by voice vote.
All recorded motions in the meeting carried by voice vote; no recorded votes opposed or abstained. Several items had little debate on the record; staff briefed commissioners in advance on the matters.
