Miss. Code Ann. § 57-39-11

The 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.