2019 Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 5 - Electric Power
Article 5 - Electric Power Associations.
§ 77-5-209. Prohibition on use of words “electric power association” and “electric cooperative.”
The name of a corporation shall include either the words “electric power association” or “electric cooperative.” The words “electric power association” and the words “electric cooperative” shall not be used in the corporate name of any corporation other than those formed pursuant to the provisions of this article or those operating under this article pursuant to Section 77-5-213. Whenever the words “electric power association” or “electric cooperative” or “nonprofit cooperative electric power association” appear in the laws of this state, such words shall refer to a corporation formed pursuant to and/or operating under the provisions of this article, including a corporation that uses either the words “electric power association” or “electric cooperative” in its name.
