Governor Tate Reeves said Entergy’s investment will help further solidify Mississippi as a leader in American energy production.

Entergy Mississippi broke ground on the development of a billion-plus dollar 754-megawatt combined-cycle combustion-turbine plant planned at the former Baxter Wilson Steam Electric Station site in Vicksburg on Tuesday.

The Vicksburg Advanced Power Station is part of the utility’s “Superpower Mississippi” initiative, the largest grid upgrade in the company’s history.

Entergy has said its goal is to replace retired power plants with more efficient, cost-effective power generation to reduce forecasted bill increases over the next five years by 16 percent.

The new Vicksburg power station will be a modern natural-gas plant, approximately 40 percent more fuel-effic

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