Entergy Mississippi rates, bills and the 2026 rise
Entergy Mississippi's 384,493 residential customers in Mississippi paid an average of 13.86¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $167.80 a month on 1,210 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 15.40¢, and 14.78¢ in August 2026.2
EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.
46 of 82 Mississippi counties served (EIA-861 2025)
In 2025 Entergy Mississippi's residential average was 1.2% below the Mississippi average1. EIA's monthly data tell a different story: 15.40¢ per kWh over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) against 14.85¢ per kWh for the state, and a reading for August 20264 of +16.0%2 on a year earlier.
What Entergy Mississippi customers pay per kWh
Entergy Mississippi is the state's largest utility, with 29.3% of Mississippi's residential customers: 384,4931 homes in 2025. The figure people look for as "the rate" comes in three versions in EIA's data, each for a different period:
- Calendar year 2025 (annual EIA-861 survey): 13.86¢ per kWh, up from 13.21¢ per kWh3 in 2024 (+4.9%1).
- Last 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026 (monthly EIA-861M sample): 15.40¢ per kWh.
- August 20264 alone: 14.78¢ per kWh2.
All three are average revenue per kWh: what residential customers paid in total divided by the kWh they used. The monthly customer charge, the energy charges, the fuel rider and every other rider are inside the average; most taxes are not. The average does not match any single line of Entergy Mississippi's rate and rider schedules, which are approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission and appear in its dockets. Monthly figures for 2026 are preliminary until EIA's annual survey replaces them.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).
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| Month | Entergy Mississippi (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 12.80¢ | 1,341 | $171.72 |
| February 2025 | 13.33¢ | 1,241 | $165.39 |
| March 2025 | 14.85¢ | 993 | $147.51 |
| April 2025 | 15.97¢ | 814 | $129.96 |
| May 2025 | 15.12¢ | 948 | $143.31 |
| June 2025 | 13.78¢ | 1,275 | $175.68 |
| July 2025 | 12.87¢ | 1,661 | $213.85 |
| August 2025 | 12.74¢ | 1,737 | $221.26 |
| September 2025 | 13.26¢ | 1,459 | $193.51 |
| October 2025 | 14.23¢ | 1,149 | $163.51 |
| November 2025 | 15.90¢ | 828 | $131.62 |
| December 2025 | 14.52¢ | 1,076 | $156.26 |
| January 2026 | 14.75¢ | 1,200 | $177.05 |
| February 2026 | 15.80¢ | 1,314 | $207.61 |
| March 2026 | 17.82¢ | 857 | $152.69 |
| April 2026 | 18.03¢ | 830 | $149.53 |
| May 2026 | 17.68¢ | 879 | $155.39 |
| June 2026 | 15.93¢ | 1,275 | $203.09 |
| July 2026 | 15.04¢ | 1,658 | $249.36 |
| August 2026 | 14.78¢ | 1,816 | $268.33 |
From below the state average to above it
The 2025 figure put Entergy Mississippi 1.2% below the Mississippi average, the 10th highest of the 251 Mississippi utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) the order is different: Entergy Mississippi averaged 15.40¢ per kWh2, while all Mississippi providers together averaged 14.85¢ per kWh4.
The latest month shows the change most clearly. In August 2026 Entergy Mississippi's residential average was 14.78¢ per kWh, +16.0% against August 2025. Across the whole state the change over the same two months was +6.0%4, and at Mississippi Power, the other large investor-owned utility, it was −7.1%2. One preliminary month can move with fuel costs and weather, so the 12-month figure is the steadier measure. It points the same way, sitting well above the 2025 average of 13.86¢ per kWh1.
Entergy's other utilities averaged less over the same 12 months. Their residential averages (September 2025 to August 2026) were 14.38¢ per kWh at Entergy Texas, 14.14¢ per kWh at Entergy Arkansas, 13.54¢ per kWh at Entergy New Orleans and 12.34¢ per kWh at Entergy Louisiana. Their August 20264 changes on a year earlier ranged from +0.4% (Entergy Louisiana) to +8.6%2 (Entergy Arkansas). In 2025, by contrast, Entergy Mississippi's 13.86¢ per kWh was just below the group's highest, Entergy Texas at 13.89¢ per kWh1.
EIA's figures do not say which charges changed. Base-rate adjustments, the fuel rider and the other riders are filed and decided at the Public Service Commission. The guide to electric rate increases explains how such decisions reach a monthly bill.
Bills: Mississippi homes use a lot of power
Mississippi homes used 1,184 kWh a month in 2025, 2nd highest5 among the 50 states and DC, and Entergy Mississippi's used slightly more, 1,210 kWh. That is why an average price 22.0% below the national average for investor-owned utilities in 2025 still produces a large bill. The average Entergy Mississippi bill was $167.80 in 2025, against $157.00 in 2024 (+6.9%), as use rose from 1,188 kWh3 to 1,210 kWh1 and the price rose with it.
Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) the average bill was $184.03 for 1,195 kWh a month. Mississippi Power's customers paid $181.53 for 1,116 kWh over the same 12 months. Mississippi Power's average price is higher (16.27¢ per kWh2), but its homes use fewer kWh, so the two utilities' bills end up close. The statewide 12-month bill was $173.854.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Utilities with 10,000 or more bundled (full-service) residential customers; the 15 highest of 25 shown. Revenue divided by kWh sold, all charges included, EIA-861 2025 final. Darker bars have their own page.
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| Utility | Monthly bill |
|---|---|
| Northcentral Mississippi E P A | $189.73 |
| Pearl River Valley El Power Association | $186.86 |
| Monroe County Electric Power Association | $179.43 |
| Mississippi Power | $178.65 |
| Magnolia Electric Power Association | $175.46 |
| Coast Electric Power Association | $172.66 |
| Tallahatchie Valley E P A | $172.54 |
| Pontotoc Electric Power Association | $170.22 |
| Southern Pine Electric Cooperative | $168.66 |
| Dixie Electric Power Association | $168.35 |
| Entergy Mississippi | $167.80 |
| Tombigbee Electric Power Association | $167.01 |
| Mississippi average | $166.05 |
| 4-County Electric Power Association | $165.43 |
| Central Electric Power Association | $164.78 |
| North East Mississippi EPA | $164.69 |
August bills against November bills
Mississippi has the 5th highest cooling load among the 48 contiguous states and DC (2,3766 cooling degree days a year, NOAA's 2016–2025 average). In EIA's 2020 household survey, air conditioning took 24%7 of Mississippi household electricity.
Entergy Mississippi's monthly data for the last 12 months show what that means for a bill. Use per home was lowest in November 2025, at 828 kWh and an average bill of $131.62. It peaked in August 2026 at 1,816 kWh, with an average bill of $268.33. Mississippi Power's peak came in July 2026 at $235.852.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.
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| Month | kWh per customer | Bill per customer | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1,459 | $193.51 | 13.26¢ |
| October 2025 | 1,149 | $163.51 | 14.23¢ |
| November 2025 | 828 | $131.62 | 15.90¢ |
| December 2025 | 1,076 | $156.26 | 14.52¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,200 | $177.05 | 14.75¢ |
| February 2026 | 1,314 | $207.61 | 15.80¢ |
| March 2026 | 857 | $152.69 | 17.82¢ |
| April 2026 | 830 | $149.53 | 18.03¢ |
| May 2026 | 879 | $155.39 | 17.68¢ |
| June 2026 | 1,275 | $203.09 | 15.93¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,658 | $249.36 | 15.04¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,816 | $268.33 | 14.78¢ |
Households that need help with summer or winter bills can apply for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); Mississippi's allocation for fiscal 2026 was $36.7 million8. The guide to help paying an electric bill lists other options.
Outage minutes: the most among Entergy's utilities
Entergy Mississippi customers were without power for 640 minutes on average in 2025, including major events, more than the Mississippi average of 501 minutes. Mississippi as a whole ranked 5th highest among the states on that measure. Excluding major event days, Entergy Mississippi's figure was 410 minutes against 306 minutes statewide, and customers had 2.61 interruptions on average against 2.599. All figures follow the IEEE 1366 standard.
The comparison with Mississippi Power is wide: its customers averaged 105 minutes including major events. Among Entergy's utilities, the 2025 figures were 518 minutes at Entergy Arkansas, 403 minutes at Entergy Texas, 253 minutes at Entergy Louisiana and 209 minutes9 at Entergy New Orleans. These are annual averages; current outages are on Entergy Mississippi's own outage map.
Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | outage minutes per customer (all events) |
|---|---|
| Mississippi Power (MS) | 105 |
| Entergy New Orleans (LA) | 209 |
| Entergy Louisiana (LA) | 253 |
| Entergy Texas (TX) | 403 |
| Entergy Arkansas (AR) | 518 |
| Entergy Mississippi (MS) | 640 |
Meters and rooftop solar
Advanced meters were on 99.6% of Entergy Mississippi's residential accounts in 2025, against 0.0%10 at Mississippi Power in EIA's count. Those meters record use by the hour, which time-based rates need; the options Entergy Mississippi offers, and their hours, are in its rate schedules on file with the commission.
Rooftop solar is rare. EIA counts 793 residential net-metered installations totalling 1.4 megawatts, or 2.1 per 1,000 customers. Mississippi Power, with fewer customers, had 530 installations and 5.1 megawatts10.
Businesses and industry
Entergy Mississippi's 70,531 commercial customers paid an average of 13.36¢ per kWh in 2025, with an average bill of $790.62 a month. Its 3,901 industrial accounts paid 8.52¢ per kWh, with an average bill of $4,763.67. Mississippi Power reports far fewer industrial accounts (422) with a much larger average bill ($74,614.53), so the two utilities' industrial classes are not like for like. Across all 458,925 Entergy Mississippi accounts the average was 12.61¢ per kWh1, a figure pulled down by industrial sales.
A territory shared with co-ops and city systems
EIA's 2025 service-territory records place Entergy Mississippi in 4611 counties, from Bolivar and Coahoma in the Delta south to Adams and Amite on the Louisiana line. In every one of them at least one other utility also reports customers: Mississippi has 23 electric cooperatives and 15 public power systems, and in 2025 they averaged 13.96¢ per kWh and 12.54¢ per kWh1. A county name therefore does not settle which utility serves a home; Entergy Mississippi's own service map does, by address.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 46 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.
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| County | Other utilities reporting service |
|---|---|
| Adams County | Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Amite County | Magnolia Electric Power Association, Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Attala County | Central Electric Power Association, Delta Electric Power Association, East Mississippi Electric Power Association, City of Kosciusko |
| Bolivar County | Delta Electric Power Association, Coahoma Electric Power Association |
| Calhoun County | Pontotoc Electric Power Association, Natchez Trace Electric Power Association |
| Carroll County | Delta Electric Power Association, Greenwood Utilities Comm |
| Choctaw County | 4-County Electric Power Association, Delta Electric Power Association |
| Claiborne County | Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Clay County | 4-County Electric Power Association, City of West Point |
| Coahoma County | Coahoma Electric Power Association, Clarksdale Public Utilities |
| Copiah County | Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Covington County | Mississippi Power, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association, Dixie Electric Power Association, City of Collins |
| DeSoto County | Northcentral Mississippi E P A, Coahoma Electric Power Association |
| Franklin County | Magnolia Electric Power Association, Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Grenada County | Delta Electric Power Association |
| Hinds County | Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Holmes County | Delta Electric Power Association, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association, City of Durant |
| Humphreys County | Delta Electric Power Association, Twin County Electric Power Association, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association |
| Issaquena County | Twin County Electric Power Association, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association |
| Jefferson County | Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Jefferson Davis County | Mississippi Power, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association |
| Lawrence County | Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association, Magnolia Electric Power Association |
| Leake County | Mississippi Power, Central Electric Power Association |
| Leflore County | Delta Electric Power Association, Twin County Electric Power Association, Greenwood Utilities Comm, City of Itta Bena |
| Lincoln County | Magnolia Electric Power Association, Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Madison County | Canton Municipal Utilities |
| Montgomery County | Delta Electric Power Association |
| Panola County | Tallahatchie Valley E P A |
| Pike County | Magnolia Electric Power Association |
| Quitman County | Coahoma Electric Power Association |
| Rankin County | Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Central Electric Power Association |
| Scott County | Mississippi Power, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Central Electric Power Association |
| Sharkey County | Twin County Electric Power Association, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association |
| Simpson County | Southern Pine Electric Cooperative |
| Smith County | Mississippi Power, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative |
| Sunflower County | Delta Electric Power Association, Twin County Electric Power Association, Coahoma Electric Power Association |
| Tallahatchie County | Tallahatchie Valley E P A, Delta Electric Power Association, Coahoma Electric Power Association |
| Tate County | Central Electric Power Association, Tallahatchie Valley E P A |
| Tunica County | Coahoma Electric Power Association |
| Walthall County | Pearl River Valley El Power Association, Magnolia Electric Power Association |
| Warren County | Twin County Electric Power Association, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association |
| Washington County | Delta Electric Power Association, Twin County Electric Power Association, City of Leland |
| Webster County | 4-County Electric Power Association, Delta Electric Power Association, Natchez Trace Electric Power Association |
| Wilkinson County | Southwest Mississippi E P A |
| Yalobusha County | Tallahatchie Valley E P A, City of Water Valley |
| Yazoo County | Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association, Public Serv Comm of Yazoo City |
Entergy Mississippi is one of the 5 Entergy utilities compared on the Entergy page. For all of the state's providers, see electricity in Mississippi.
Entergy Mississippi rates: questions
What are Entergy Mississippi's residential rates per kWh?
EIA does not publish tariff lines; it publishes what customers paid on average. Entergy Mississippi's residential customers paid 13.86¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 15.40¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, 2026 months preliminary). Both are total residential revenue divided by kWh, so the customer charge, energy charges, fuel rider and other riders are all inside them. The per-kWh lines in the rate and rider schedules are individual parts of that total.
How much is the average Entergy Mississippi bill?
$167.80 a month in 2025 for 1,210 kWh1, and $184.03 a month over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026). In EIA's monthly data the average bill ran from $131.62 in November 2025 to $268.33 in August 20262.
Did Entergy Mississippi rates go up in 2026?
EIA's monthly figures show a rise. The residential average in August 20264 was 14.78¢ per kWh, +16.0% against August 2025 (preliminary), and the 12-month average of 15.40¢ per kWh2 is above the 2025 average of 13.86¢ per kWh1. Individual rate and rider changes are approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
Can I buy electricity from someone other than Entergy Mississippi?
No. Mississippi has no residential retail choice: 0.0%1 of residential customers bought from a competitive supplier in 2025. The utility whose territory covers an address supplies and delivers its power.
Related pages
Sources
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- NOAA, Climate Prediction Center population-weighted degree days by state; table daily state files, base 65°F; 2016-2025 annual sums; 1981-2010 CPC normals; released November 13, 2026. ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
- EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, state data; table CE4.1.EL.ST, CE5 state tables, state highlights; released June 28, 2023. www.eia.gov
- HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
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