Section 57-39-11 - Mississippi Energy PlanThe division shall be tasked with developing, implementing and refining over time the Mississippi Energy Plan. The Mississippi Energy Plan shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(a) Efforts to promote Mississippi as a leader in energy development, job creation and research;(b) Plans to encourage the safe and responsible exploration and extraction of the state's natural resources;(c) Plans to add value and sustain resources through advances in manufacturing, conversion, and processing related to energy consumption and generation;(d) Expanding energy capacity and realizing savings through energy efficiency;(e) Encourage investments in the energy infrastructure of transmission and distribution to maintain the state's leadership in this area;(f) Plans to ensure the state competes in technology-based energy economic development, research and development, and commercialization;(g) Prepare a twenty-first century energy workforce;(h) Statewide forecasts of energy needs and deficiencies;(i) A program for directing the expenditure of local, state and federal energy funds in conformity with the statewide plan;(j) Statewide implementation program, including a schedule of improvement programs, an operations program, a financial plan, necessary policies and legislation for implementation of the energy plan; and(k) Financial impact statement.Laws, 1980, ch. 548, § 6; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 41, eff. 7/1/1992.Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 538, HB 1296, 4, eff. 7/1/2013.