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Article: Choctaw County powering up with energy industry
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 12, 2006
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T. Alan Bates calls it one of Mississippi's best kept secrets. What is it, you ask? Choctaw County's significant energy-related assets and the positive economic impact they have on the county.
"I'm not exactly sure what Reliant's investment is in their plant at French Camp, but I would estimate the energy industry in Choctaw County comes to a total investment of approximately $1.5 billion," said Bates, executive director of the Choctaw County Economic Development Foundation.
The centerpiece of the area's energy assets remains the Red Hills Power Plant and the adjoining Mississippi Lignite Mining Company operation. However, the county counts other power-generation assets, and the Red Hills ...