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Mississippi Power Co

Mississippi Power Co served 158,206 residential customers in Mississippi in 2025 (11.7% of the state's residential customers), the 2nd largest of 40 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority SOCO.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of Mississippi Power Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30

Used so far: 1,139 kWh
At 15.69¢/kWh: $179

An average 2025 month: 1,139 kWh at 15.69¢ comes to about $179, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 15.69¢ sits.

Mississippi Power Co averaged 15.69¢ per kWh against a Mississippi residential average of 14.03¢: 11.8% above the state figure. Among the 2 investor owned utilities in Mississippi with bundled residential sales, it ranks 2nd from the lowest price.

15.69¢ this utility

14.03¢ MS avg

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average Mississippi Power Co home used 1,085 kWh a month at 13.01¢ and paid $141. In 2025 it used 1,139 kWh at 15.69¢ and paid $179: the price per kWh is up 20.6%.

Mississippi Power Co, Mississippi, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure	2020	2025
Price, ¢/kWh	13.01	15.69
Use, kWh a month	1,085	1,139
Bill, US$ a month	141.21	178.65

Mississippi Power Co customers and sales by class in Mississippi, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
Class	Customers	MWh sold	¢/kWh
Residential	158,206	2,161,581	15.69
Commercial	34,507	2,902,487	12.67
Industrial	422	4,794,980	7.88

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 21.9% of the electricity Mississippi Power Co sold in Mississippi in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

530 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV: 530installations reported for 2025
Capacity: 5.1 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes: 3.4installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

23 counties.

ClarkeCovingtonForrestGeorgeGreeneHancockHarrisonJacksonJasperJefferson DavisJonesLamarLauderdaleLeakeMarionNeshobaNewtonPearl RiverPerryScottSmithStoneWayne

Counties in Mississippi where Mississippi Power Co reported serving customers in 2025 (23 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 12686

The filing, line by line.

Mississippi Power Co, Mississippi, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
Measure	Value	Unit
Average price	15.69	¢/kWh
Mississippi average price	14.03	¢/kWh
Difference from state average	11.8	%
Price change over 5 years	20.6	%
Typical monthly use	1,139	kWh
Typical monthly bill	178.65	US$
Residential customers	158,206	accounts
Share of MS residential customers	11.7	%
Size rank in MS	2 of 40	by customers
Price rank, investor owned peers	2 of 2	1 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

2 active plans.

Time-of-use: 0more than one energy period within a month
Seasonal only: 2price changes by month, not by hour

Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.

Mississippi: state average, five-year steps and every provider