Mississippi has substantial energy resources including oil and gas fields. Although Mississippi's economy traditionally relied on agriculture, manufacturing has now become the State's largest industry. The industrial and transportation sectors dominate State energy use and per capita energy consumption is high.
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- Mississippi produces oil and gas but not enough to meet high in-State demand.
- A single reactor at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station supplies about one-fourth of the electricity generated within the State.
- A major propane supply hub is located at Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where the Dixie Pipeline has a network of terminals and storage facilities.
- Two liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals have been proposed near Pascagoula, Mississippi.
- Mississippi is one of the few States that allow the use of conventional motor gasoline statewide.