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.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934
§ 77-5-301. Counties may engage in power development
§ 77-5-303. Intergovernmental cooperation
§ 77-5-305. Ordinance of intention; notice; election
§ 77-5-307. Activities must be self-sustaining
§ 77-5-309. Exercise of power of eminent domain
§ 77-5-311. Debt limitations are inapplicable
§ 77-5-313. Provisions of this article shall be applicable to municipalities as well as counties