Whistleblower s suit says Southern Co should repay $382M in federal aid ajc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ajc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million to the federal government. The money was meant to aid a failed coal-fueled power plant. Kelli Williams filed the lawsuit. She s a former construction manager who worked on the $7.5 billion Kemper County power plant for Southern Co. Williams says Southern and its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. lied repeatedly about the plant’s cost overruns and spiraling delays. She says those lies kept subsidy payments coming from the U.S. Department of Energy. Southern Co. is declining to comment. If Williams wins, the company could be forced to pay triple damages, or more than $1.1 billion. Williams would be entitled to a share of any money.