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Mississippi Power rates, bills and outage record

Mississippi Power's 158,206 residential customers in Mississippi paid an average of 15.69¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $178.65 a month on 1,139 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 16.27¢, and 15.07¢ 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.

23 of 82 Mississippi counties served (EIA-861 2025)

In 2025 Mississippi Power's homes paid the 2nd highest average among large Mississippi utilities but the lowest of Southern Company's three operating utilities. Its average bill changed by +11.2%1 that year, and its customers spent 105 minutes without power on average, against 501 minutes8 for the state.

Mississippi Power's price per kWh, by period

Mississippi Power, a Southern Company subsidiary, served 158,206 residential customers in 2025, 12.1%1 of the homes in Mississippi. What they paid per kWh depends on the period asked about:

PeriodSourceResidential average
Calendar year 2025EIA-861, final15.69¢ per kWh1
Calendar year 2024EIA-861, final14.47¢ per kWh3
Last 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary16.27¢ per kWh
August 20264EIA-861M, preliminary15.07¢ per kWh2

Each row is average revenue per kWh: total residential revenue divided by kWh sold. It is not a line on the rate schedule. The customer charge, energy charges, fuel recovery and riders are spread over every kWh, so the average is higher than the energy charge printed in the tariff, and a home using little power pays more per kWh than one using a lot. Most taxes are left out.

Mississippi Power: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 2026
Mississippi Power: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 202610¢12¢14¢16¢18¢20252026

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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MonthMississippi Power (¢/kWh)kWh per customerBill per customer
January 202513.05¢1,470$191.87
February 202515.53¢1,033$160.37
March 202518.03¢794$143.17
April 202516.15¢879$142.03
May 202516.95¢1,034$175.27
June 202515.90¢1,319$209.62
July 202515.02¢1,547$232.40
August 202516.23¢1,347$218.60
September 202515.55¢1,243$193.28
October 202516.99¢932$158.39
November 202518.92¢777$146.97
December 202515.14¢1,143$172.94
January 202616.12¢1,402$226.03
February 202618.33¢870$159.52
March 202618.78¢808$151.74
April 202617.69¢792$140.15
May 202616.76¢978$163.88
June 202615.15¢1,309$198.29
July 202614.72¢1,602$235.85
August 202615.07¢1,531$230.82

Second-highest in the state, lowest in Southern Company

Among the 25 Mississippi utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, Mississippi Power's 2025 average was the 2nd highest, 11.8% above the Mississippi average. Only Magnolia Electric Power Association, at 16.06¢ per kWh, was higher. Entergy Mississippi, the state's other investor-owned utility, averaged 13.86¢ per kWh1.

Measured against its own company and its own kind of utility, the position reverses. Mississippi Power was 11.8% below the national average for investor-owned utilities in 2025, and it had the lowest residential average of Southern Company's three utilities: Georgia Power averaged 16.28¢ per kWh and Alabama Power 17.91¢ per kWh. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked 77th highest of 177, close to the median of 15.07¢ per kWh1.

Mississippi Power, Entergy Mississippi and Southern Company's other utilities: average residential price, 2025
Entergy Mississippi (MS)13.86¢
Mississippi Power (MS)15.69¢
Georgia Power (GA)16.28¢
Alabama Power (AL)17.91¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityaverage residential price (bundled customers)
Entergy Mississippi (MS)13.86¢
Mississippi Power (MS)15.69¢
Georgia Power (GA)16.28¢
Alabama Power (AL)17.91¢

The 2025 bill rose faster than the price

The average residential bill went from $160.68 in 2024 to $178.65 in 2025, a change of +11.2%. Two things moved together: the average price rose 8.4%, from 14.47¢ per kWh to 15.69¢ per kWh, and use per home rose from 1,110 kWh3 to 1,139 kWh a month. Over the same two years the bill changed by +6.9% at Entergy Mississippi, +6.7% at Alabama Power and +5.1%1 at Georgia Power.

The 2025 bill was above the Mississippi average of $166.05, a state figure that ranked 8th highest in the country. Mississippi Power's homes used fewer kWh than the state average (1,184 kWh5), so the gap comes from the price, not from heavier use. Against Georgia Power the reverse holds: Georgia Power's price was higher, but its homes used 990 kWh a month, and its average bill was lower, at $161.131.

Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) Mississippi Power's average bill was $181.53 for 1,116 kWh2 a month, against $173.854 for all Mississippi providers.

August 2026 came in below August 2025

The monthly survey points two ways. The 12-month average of 16.27¢ per kWh (September 2025 to August 2026) is above the 2025 figure, but the latest single month was lower than a year earlier: 15.07¢ per kWh in August 2026, −7.1% against August 2025. Over the same two months the statewide residential average moved +6.0%4 and Entergy Mississippi's +16.0%2. The August figures are preliminary, and one month's average moves with fuel costs and with how much was used that month, so the 12-month figure remains the steadier measure.

EIA's data do not say which charge changed. Mississippi Power's base rates, fuel factor and riders are set in proceedings at the Mississippi Public Service Commission, whose dockets hold the filings; the guide to electric rate increases explains how such decisions reach a bill.

July peak, November low

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), and Mississippi Power's monthly data show the summer peak. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) use per home peaked in July 2026 at 1,602 kWh, with an average bill of $235.85. The low came in November 2025: 777 kWh and $146.972.

Mississippi Power: average residential use and bill by month

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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MonthkWh per customerBill per customer¢/kWh
September 20251,243$193.2815.55¢
October 2025932$158.3916.99¢
November 2025777$146.9718.92¢
December 20251,143$172.9415.14¢
January 20261,402$226.0316.12¢
February 2026870$159.5218.33¢
March 2026808$151.7418.78¢
April 2026792$140.1517.69¢
May 2026978$163.8816.76¢
June 20261,309$198.2915.15¢
July 20261,602$235.8514.72¢
August 20261,531$230.8215.07¢

Mississippi's allocation from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was $36.7 million7 for fiscal 2026. The guide to help paying an electric bill covers LIHEAP and other options.

Outage minutes far below the state average

Mississippi ranked 5th highest among the states in 2025 for outage minutes per customer, at 501 minutes including major events. Mississippi Power's customers averaged 105 minutes, and 76 minutes once major event days are excluded, against 306 minutes statewide on that basis. They also had fewer interruptions: 1.03 per customer, against 2.59 for the state. Entergy Mississippi's figure including major events was 640 minutes, Georgia Power's 287 minutes and Alabama Power's 410 minutes8. All are annual averages reported to EIA; Alabama Power uses a different measurement standard from the IEEE 1366 figures of the others, so that comparison is approximate.

Counties shared with co-ops

EIA's 2025 service-territory records place Mississippi Power in 23 counties of southeast Mississippi, from Clarke and Jasper south to Harrison, Hancock and Jackson on the Gulf Coast. In all 239 of them at least one other utility also reports customers, including Entergy Mississippi, city systems and electric cooperatives such as Singing River Electric Cooperative, Coast Electric Power Association, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative and Dixie Electric Power Association. Across the state, cooperatives averaged 13.96¢ per kWh1 in 2025. The county does not decide who serves a home; Mississippi Power's service map does, address by address.

Counties where Mississippi Power reports customers in Mississippi
Counties where Mississippi Power reports customers in MississippiAdams County: not served by Mississippi PowerAlcorn County: not served by Mississippi PowerAmite County: not served by Mississippi PowerAttala County: not served by Mississippi PowerBenton County: not served by Mississippi PowerBolivar County: not served by Mississippi PowerCalhoun County: not served by Mississippi PowerCarroll County: not served by Mississippi PowerChickasaw County: not served by Mississippi PowerChoctaw County: not served by Mississippi PowerClaiborne County: not served by Mississippi PowerClarke County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesClay County: not served by Mississippi PowerCoahoma County: not served by Mississippi PowerCopiah County: not served by Mississippi PowerCovington County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 5 other utilitiesDeSoto County: not served by Mississippi PowerForrest County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesFranklin County: not served by Mississippi PowerGeorge County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesGreene County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 1 other utilityGrenada County: not served by Mississippi PowerHancock County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 1 other utilityHarrison County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesHinds County: not served by Mississippi PowerHolmes County: not served by Mississippi PowerHumphreys County: not served by Mississippi PowerIssaquena County: not served by Mississippi PowerItawamba County: not served by Mississippi PowerJackson County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesJasper County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesJefferson County: not served by Mississippi PowerJefferson Davis County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesJones County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 1 other utilityKemper County: not served by Mississippi PowerLafayette County: not served by Mississippi PowerLamar County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 1 other utilityLauderdale County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 1 other utilityLawrence County: not served by Mississippi PowerLeake County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesLee County: not served by Mississippi PowerLeflore County: not served by Mississippi PowerLincoln County: not served by Mississippi PowerLowndes County: not served by Mississippi PowerMadison County: not served by Mississippi PowerMarion County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 1 other utilityMarshall County: not served by Mississippi PowerMonroe County: not served by Mississippi PowerMontgomery County: not served by Mississippi PowerNeshoba County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesNewton County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesNoxubee County: not served by Mississippi PowerOktibbeha County: not served by Mississippi PowerPanola County: not served by Mississippi PowerPearl River County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesPerry County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesPike County: not served by Mississippi PowerPontotoc County: not served by Mississippi PowerPrentiss County: not served by Mississippi PowerQuitman County: not served by Mississippi PowerRankin County: not served by Mississippi PowerScott County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesSharkey County: not served by Mississippi PowerSimpson County: not served by Mississippi PowerSmith County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesStone County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesSunflower County: not served by Mississippi PowerTallahatchie County: not served by Mississippi PowerTate County: not served by Mississippi PowerTippah County: not served by Mississippi PowerTishomingo County: not served by Mississippi PowerTunica County: not served by Mississippi PowerUnion County: not served by Mississippi PowerWalthall County: not served by Mississippi PowerWarren County: not served by Mississippi PowerWashington County: not served by Mississippi PowerWayne County: Mississippi Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesWebster County: not served by Mississippi PowerWilkinson County: not served by Mississippi PowerWinston County: not served by Mississippi PowerYalobusha County: not served by Mississippi PowerYazoo County: not served by Mississippi Power

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 23 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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CountyOther utilities reporting service
Clarke CountyDixie Electric Power Association, East Mississippi Electric Power Association
Covington CountyEntergy Mississippi, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association, Dixie Electric Power Association, City of Collins
Forrest CountySouthern Pine Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association, Dixie Electric Power Association
George CountySinging River Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association
Greene CountySinging River Electric Cooperative
Hancock CountyCoast Electric Power Association
Harrison CountyCoast Electric Power Association, Singing River Electric Cooperative
Jackson CountySinging River Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association
Jasper CountySouthern Pine Electric Cooperative, Dixie Electric Power Association, East Mississippi Electric Power Association
Jefferson Davis CountyEntergy Mississippi, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association
Jones CountyDixie Electric Power Association
Lamar CountyPearl River Valley El Power Association
Lauderdale CountyEast Mississippi Electric Power Association
Leake CountyEntergy Mississippi, Central Electric Power Association
Marion CountyPearl River Valley El Power Association
Neshoba CountyEast Mississippi Electric Power Association, City of Philadelphia
Newton CountySouthern Pine Electric Cooperative, Central Electric Power Association, East Mississippi Electric Power Association
Pearl River CountyCoast Electric Power Association, Pearl River Valley El Power Association
Perry CountySinging River Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association, Dixie Electric Power Association
Scott CountyEntergy Mississippi, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Central Electric Power Association
Smith CountyEntergy Mississippi, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative
Stone CountySinging River Electric Cooperative, Pearl River Valley El Power Association
Wayne CountySinging River Electric Cooperative, Dixie Electric Power Association, East Mississippi Electric Power Association
Mississippi Power and cooperatives reporting customers in its counties: average residential price, 2025
Singing River Electric Cooperative (MS)13.54¢
Dixie Electric Power Association (MS)13.90¢
Coast Electric Power Association (MS)14.01¢
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative (MS)14.47¢
East Mississippi Electric Power Association (MS)14.94¢
Pearl River Valley El Power Association (MS)15.58¢
Mississippi Power (MS)15.69¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityaverage residential price (bundled customers)
Singing River Electric Cooperative (MS)13.54¢
Dixie Electric Power Association (MS)13.90¢
Coast Electric Power Association (MS)14.01¢
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative (MS)14.47¢
East Mississippi Electric Power Association (MS)14.94¢
Pearl River Valley El Power Association (MS)15.58¢
Mississippi Power (MS)15.69¢

Business customers, solar and meters

Mississippi Power's 34,507 commercial customers paid an average of 12.67¢ per kWh in 2025, with an average bill of $888.07 a month. Its 422 industrial accounts paid 7.88¢ per kWh, with an average bill of $74,614.53 a month. Across all 193,135 accounts the average was 11.00¢ per kWh1.

EIA counts 530 residential net-metered solar installations with 5.1 megawatts of capacity, 3.4 per 1,000 residential customers. In its 2025 meter report the utility listed 0.0%11 of residential meters as advanced (AMI) meters. Time-of-use and other optional rates, with their hours, are in Mississippi Power's rate schedules on file with the commission.

Mississippi Power is compared with its sister utilities on the Southern Company page; every provider in the state is on electricity in Mississippi.

Mississippi Power rates: questions

What are Mississippi Power's residential rates per kWh?

EIA reports what residential customers paid on average, not the tariff lines. Mississippi Power's homes paid 15.69¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 16.27¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, 2026 months preliminary). Both figures divide total residential revenue by kWh sold, so the monthly customer charge, the energy charge and the fuel and other riders are all inside them.

What is the average Mississippi Power bill?

$178.65 a month in 2025 for 1,139 kWh1, up from $160.683 in 2024. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) it was $181.53, ranging from $140.15 in April 2026 to $235.85 in July 20262.

Did Mississippi Power raise rates in 2026?

EIA's figures do not show individual rate decisions. They show a 12-month average (September 2025 to August 2026) of 16.27¢ per kWh, above the 2025 average of 15.69¢ per kWh1, and an average of 15.07¢ per kWh in August 20264, −7.1%2 against August 2025 (preliminary). Rate and rider changes are decided by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

How often does Mississippi Power lose power?

In 2025 its customers averaged 1.03 interruptions and 105 minutes without power, including major events, fewer than the Mississippi average of 501 minutes8. Those are annual averages under the IEEE 1366 standard; current outages are shown on Mississippi Power's own outage map.

Can I choose another electricity provider instead of Mississippi Power?

No. Mississippi has no residential retail choice (0.0%1 of residential customers bought from a competitive supplier in 2025), so the utility whose territory covers an address supplies its power.

Related pages

Sources

  1. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  2. EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  9. EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  10. Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
  11. 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

How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.