39 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-104
The Staff represents the broad interests of the State of Mississippi by balancing the respective concerns of the residential, commercial, or industrial ratepayers, and the State and its agencies and departments, and the public utilities. The primary function of the Staff is investigative and advisory in nature. The employees of the Staff shall perform such duties as are assigned to them by the Executive Director.
The Staff, by and through the Executive Director reviews, investigates and recommends action to the Public Service Commission regarding, among other things: the reasonableness of proposed rates including automatic adjustment clauses; the service furnished by any public utility; certification matters; transfers, mergers, consolidations and combination of public utilities; contracts of public utilities with affiliates or subsidiaries; special contracts; regulations, rules and transactions; miscellaneous filings; and all other types of filings with the Commission.
The Executive Director of the Staff, utilizing the resources of its Staff, furnishes to the Commission, information and reports or conducts investigations and provides such other assistance as may be required in order to enforce the laws providing for the regulation of public utilities.
39 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-104