[ Mississippi Power / MS ]
Mississippi Power electricity rates in Mississippi
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Mississippi Power's average effective residential rate (15.69¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.92¢ | — | 152,896 |
| 2016 | 12.68¢ | −8.9% | 153,273 |
| 2017 | 13.24¢ | +4.4% | 153,154 |
| 2018 | 12.92¢ | −2.4% | 153,477 |
| 2019 | 13.40¢ | +3.7% | 154,014 |
| 2020 | 13.01¢ | −2.9% | 155,341 |
| 2021 | 13.67¢ | +5.1% | 156,281 |
| 2022 | 14.03¢ | +2.6% | 156,725 |
| 2023 | 14.47¢ | +3.1% | 156,893 |
| 2024 | 14.47¢ | +0.0% | 157,437 |
| 2025 | 15.69¢ | +8.4% | 158,206 |
How this compares
Mississippi Power files with the EIA as Mississippi Power Co (utility ID 12686).
Serves 23 counties in Mississippi: Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leake, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Perry, Scott, Smith, Stone, Wayne. 94 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Mississippi Power raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Mississippi Power is on file with the Mississippi Public Service Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +8.4% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Mississippi Power charge per kWh?
Mississippi Power's average effective residential rate was 15.69¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Mississippi's 2025 average was 14.03¢.
How much have Mississippi Power rates gone up in five years?
+20.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +26.7% for Mississippi as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Mississippi Power have in Mississippi?
158,206 residential customers in 2025, across 23 counties including Clarke, Covington, Forrest, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the Mississippi Public Service Commission docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
