Mississippi Power Company Sweepstakes Details – Terms & Conditions 

ELIGIBILITY:  The Mississippi Power Residential Energy Efficiency Program Survey Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) begins on October 28, 2024 at 12:00:01 a.m. ET and ends on November 30, 2024 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (“Promotion Period”).  The Sweepstakes is open to any individual who is 18 years of age or older at time of entry, who has been invited to participate in the survey by Sponsor or its affiliate contractors (i.e., BrightLine Group), and who is an active customer of Mississippi Power Company. Employees of Mississippi Power Company and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and employees, agents, directors, officers are not eligible to participate in the sweepstakes. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.  

TO ENTER:  Complete the relevant survey as directed during the Promotion Period.  You must follow instructions and provide truthful and complete answers to the survey questions (all information and materials submitted, collectively, the “Information”).  All valid and complete submissions will be entered into the Sweepstakes.  

To be eligible, your entry must (i) be submitted during the relevant Promotion Period, and (ii) contain only truthful, accurate, and complete information and responses.  Failure to complete any step outlined in, or to follow any of, the Official Rules or Sponsor’s directions accompanying the survey will result in disqualification of attempted entry. 

Limit one (1) entry per person.  Illegible and incomplete entries are void. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, or misdirected entries, or entries not received regardless of cause. In the event of a dispute over who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account identified during the survey. The authorized account holder is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by the relevant entity responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.  Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. 

Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant in its sole discretion.  If any process fails to operate properly or appears to be tampered with or tainted with errors, fraud or unfair practices, Sponsor reserves the right to use another means to determine the winners, i.e. ask a judging panel as selected by Sponsor to determine qualifying entries.  All entries are subject to verification. 

LICENSE TO USE SUBMITTED MATERIALS:  By entering, entrant grants to Sponsor a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable, assignable license to reproduce the entry (including, without limitation, any and all submitted Information) and to otherwise use, exploit, copy, modify, adapt, edit, publish and display the entry (including, without limitation, any and all submitted Information) in any form, manner, venue, media or technology now known or later developed for any and all purposes, including, without limitation, for purposes of trade, advertising, and promotion as Sponsor and its licensees or assignees determine, without further compensation, notification, or permission.  Further, by entering, the entrant hereby waives any moral rights the entrant may have in the entry (including, without limitation, any and all submitted Information) in favor of the Sponsor.  At Sponsor’s request and in its sole discretion, entrants may be required to execute an assignment and release transferring all rights and ownership of their entry to Sponsor, the form of such assignment to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. 

By submitting an entry, entrant also grants to Sponsor the worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully sub-licensable, and transferable right, but not the obligation, to use any and all names, identities, titles, likenesses, distinctive appearances, physical likenesses, images, portraits, pictures, photographs (whether still or moving), screen personas, voices, vocal styles, statements, gestures, mannerisms, personalities, performance characteristics, biographical data, signatures, and any other indicia or imitations of identity or likeness listed, provided, referenced, or otherwise contained in the entry (including, without limitation, any and all submitted Information) for purposes of advertising and trade, in any format, medium, or technology now known or later developed without further notice, approval, or compensation, unless prohibited by law. 

PRIZE DRAWING:  One potential prize winner will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries after the close of the Promotion Period. Odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible entries received. 

PRIZES:  The verified winner will receive one (1) gift card in the amount of one-hundred dollars ($100.00; type of card and issuer within Sponsor’s sole discretion).  The prize is subject to the terms and conditions of the issuer and participating locations. 

Prizes are awarded “AS IS.”  Neither Sponsor nor Sponsor Affiliates make or offer any warranty or guarantee, either express or implied (including, without limitation, quality, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) in connection with this Sweepstakes or any prize.  Prize details and availability are subject to change, in which case a prize of equal value may be substituted at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  Prizes consist only of the items listed, are non-transferable, with no cash redemption or substitution except at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  Federal, state, or local taxes on prizes, if any, and any other costs, fees or expenses not listed above are the sole responsibility of each winner.  

NOTIFICATION:  Winner(s) will be notified by available email address. To claim the Grand Prize, Sponsor may require winner to complete, sign, and return Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release/Publicity Release forms, and other applicable documents, which may require a social security number, completed and emailed to Sponsor within 24 hours from Sponsor sending such documents.  At Sponsor’s discretion, winners may be required to produce picture or some other form of proper identification to claim any prize. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize with prize of equal or greater value. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to timely claim the prize, is disqualified, fails to timely execute and return any required forms, or if the prize notification is returned as undeliverable, an alternate winner will be selected from other potential winners and/or by random draw from all remaining eligible entries. If by reason or printing or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number of prizes set forth in these Official Rules, a random drawing will be held to award the advertised number of prizes in the relevant category.  Under no circumstances will more than the advertised number of prizes be awarded.    

PUBLICITY & MARKETING:  Acceptance of any prize constitutes permission to the Sponsor to use winners’ name, voice, statements, image and likeness for purposes of advertising and trade, in any medium, without further compensation or notice, unless prohibited by law.  Submission of contact information in connection with this Sweepstakes (whether or not required), including mailing address, phone number, and email address during entry constitutes permission for Sponsor to add entrant to Sponsor’s customer database and to contact entrant in the future for promotional and other reasons.  You may opt-out of receiving such communications provided within any such marketing materials (e.g., using the “Unsubscribe” feature provided in the footer of Sponsor’s emails). 

NO LIABILITY & INDEMNIFICATION:  Sponsor and Sponsor Affiliates, are not responsible for and entrants release each from any failures of any kind (whether caused by computer, technical, or human error) which may either limit the entrant’s ability to submit an entry, claim a prize, or otherwise participate in this Sweepstakes, or Sponsor’s ability to include all eligible entries, conduct random drawings, notify potential winners, or otherwise execute this Sweepstakes in the manner intended.  Entrants further release and agree to indemnify Sponsor and Sponsor Affiliates from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever arising from injuries, damages, or losses to persons or property which may be sustained in connection with this Sweepstakes including, but not limited to: (a) the receipt, ownership or use of any prize awarded; (b) any travel or prize-related activity; (c) any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or any other materials disseminated by Sponsor; and (d) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers, or providers used by an entrant or Sponsor.   

OTHER TERMS:  Decisions of Sponsor on all matters related to the Sweepstakes are final.  Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes for any reason, including but not limited to, if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the Sweepstakes, or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper administration of the Sweepstakes as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify or prohibit the participation of an individual if fraud or tampering is suspected, or if the individual fails to comply with any requirement of participation or with any provision in these Official Rules. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL & CIVIL LAWS. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND/OR SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL MAKING ANY SUCH ATTEMPTS TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

REVISIONS TO TERMS:  Please refer to these Terms regularly. We may at any time and without prior notice revise these Terms by updating this posting. All changes to the Terms are effective immediately when we post them. Your participation of the relevant survey and subsequent sweepstakes signifies that you accept such changes to these Terms. 

WINNER LIST:  Winner(s) will be notified by available email address. To obtain a list of winners, submit a request by email no later than December 31, 2024 to info@brightlinegroup.com; Subject Line:  Winner List Energy Survey. 

SPONSOR:  Mississippi Power Company