Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 40 utilities reporting residential rates in Mississippi, Mississippi Power Co comes 37th of 40. The state's range runs from Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn at 10.86¢ to Yazoo Valley Elec Power Assn at 16.33¢, so where a household sits inside Mississippi depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 1 other investor owned utilities reporting in Mississippi, whose customer-weighted average is 13.21¢, Mississippi Power Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+9.5%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Mississippi Power Co reported 157.4K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 40 utilities in Mississippi by customers served and covering 12.1% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,323 kWh per customer per year - -0.5% against the Mississippi median of 13,389 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,928.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Mississippi

All 40 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Mississippi, largest first, with Mississippi Power Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Mississippi.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Mississippi, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Mississippi Power Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Mississippi Power Co rates

How much does Mississippi Power Co charge per kWh?

Mississippi Power Co reported an average residential price of 14.47¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Mississippi Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Mississippi?

Its average residential price is close to the Mississippi customer-weighted average of 13.40¢ per kWh, a difference of +8.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 40 utilities reporting residential service in Mississippi.

What is the average electricity bill for Mississippi Power Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,323 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,928 a year, or about $161 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Mississippi Power Co?

EIA classifies Mississippi Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.