How many electric cooperatives are in Mississippi?

25 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Mississippi in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Coast Electric Power Assn, with 90,247 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Mississippi?

23 — 23 municipal utilities — reported bundled retail sales in Mississippi in 2024. The largest is City of Tupelo, with 15,645 customers.

How do public power utilities and co-ops in Mississippi buy?

Municipal utilities and public utility districts are local government entities, so they generally follow Mississippi's public procurement laws, with purchases approved by a city council or utility board. Electric co-ops are private, member-owned nonprofits that set their own purchasing policies, though projects financed through USDA's Rural Utilities Service follow its rules. See how utilities buy.

Where does this data come from?

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's table "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), based on forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. It counts customers who buy both electricity and delivery from the utility.

Mississippi Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

48 community-owned utilities: 23 municipal utilities and 25 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Mississippi in 2024.
Together they served 947,081 of the state's 1,599,686 bundled retail customers (59%); 2 investor-owned utilities served most of the rest.
The largest public power utility is City of Tupelo, with 15,645 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Coast Electric Power Assn, with 90,247 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Mississippi

Ranked by bundled retail customers in 2024, with retail sales in megawatt-hours and average price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Names are as EIA abbreviates them. Filter by type or search.

Showing all 48 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	Coast Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	90,247	1,916,564	12.61¢
2	Singing River Elec Cooperative	Cooperative	80,261	1,470,291	12.90¢
3	Southern Pine Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	70,771	1,878,290	12.21¢
4	Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Cooperative	53,958	1,068,842	13.41¢
5	4-County Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	51,268	1,111,574	12.51¢
6	Tombigbee Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	45,859	1,104,228	11.71¢
7	Dixie Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	41,483	835,862	12.74¢
8	Central Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	38,975	928,544	11.36¢
9	Northcentral Mississippi E P A	Cooperative	35,643	1,084,697	11.55¢
10	Magnolia Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	33,355	639,132	13.63¢
11	Delta Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	29,744	550,483	13.95¢
12	North East Mississippi EPA	Cooperative	29,664	630,771	11.72¢
13	Tallahatchie Valley E P A	Cooperative	28,552	502,705	12.71¢
14	Southwest Mississippi E P A	Cooperative	25,416	462,323	13.49¢
15	Pontotoc Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	20,694	433,112	12.65¢
16	Alcorn County Elec Power Assn	Cooperative	19,181	631,592	10.21¢
17	Natchez Trace Elec Power Assn	Cooperative	16,229	296,711	13.00¢
18	City of Tupelo	Municipal	15,645	582,437	9.89¢
19	City of Starkville	Municipal	14,395	435,925	10.67¢
20	Tippah Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	14,297	296,679	12.21¢
21	Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn	Cooperative	14,173	335,143	10.78¢
22	Tishomingo County E P A	Cooperative	13,911	440,225	9.70¢
23	East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn	Cooperative	13,236	217,640	14.09¢
24	City of Columbus	Municipal	12,568	362,839	11.14¢
25	Twin County Electric Pwr Assn	Cooperative	12,131	203,572	15.95¢
26	City of Holly Springs	Municipal	12,012	137,809	12.73¢
27	Monroe County Elec Power Assn	Cooperative	11,820	210,844	12.96¢
28	City of New Albany	Municipal	11,321	325,051	10.68¢
29	Yazoo Valley Elec Power Assn	Cooperative	10,493	561,369	9.61¢
30	City of Oxford	Municipal	10,466	223,060	11.46¢
31	Greenwood Utilities Comm	Municipal	8,887	250,470	10.32¢
32	Coahoma Electric Power Assn	Cooperative	8,370	157,577	13.69¢
33	Clarksdale Public Utilities	Municipal	6,147	105,844	12.89¢
34	Public Serv Comm of Yazoo City	Municipal	5,650	109,880	10.13¢
35	City of Okolona	Municipal	5,390	85,662	13.16¢
36	Canton Municipal Utilities	Municipal	4,714	71,145	13.68¢
37	City of Amory	Municipal	3,959	120,575	11.13¢
38	City of West Point	Municipal	3,840	113,755	11.07¢
39	City of Philadelphia	Municipal	3,839	105,620	11.73¢
40	Louisville Electric System	Municipal	3,462	126,535	9.70¢
41	City of Aberdeen	Municipal	3,330	190,890	7.83¢
42	City of Kosciusko	Municipal	3,019	62,212	10.48¢
43	City of Water Valley	Municipal	2,079	63,140	10.02¢
44	City of Leland	Municipal	1,982	25,925	12.74¢
45	City of Collins	Municipal	1,372	45,757	13.29¢
46	City of Macon	Municipal	1,181	22,653	13.51¢
47	City of Itta Bena	Municipal	1,094	0	—
48	City of Durant	Municipal	998	24,048	6.72¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Mississippi

Public power utilities — municipal utilities, public utility districts and state-owned utilities — are owned by the communities they serve and governed by a city council or elected board. They buy much like local governments: through public bids, board approvals and published budgets.
Electric cooperatives are private, not-for-profit utilities owned by their members, who elect the board. Most buy power from a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op and make purchasing decisions through their own policies, often faster than public agencies.

Both publish their plans: watch board and council agendas, budgets, capital improvement plans and rate filings. Our utility funding tracker and rate case & IRP tracker show where the money is coming from.

Selling to Mississippi utilities

Start with the right person. Line, engineering, metering, IT and member-services managers usually define the need; the general manager or CEO and the board approve large purchases.
Use the networks. State public power and cooperative associations, joint action agencies and G&T co-ops shape purchasing and share vendor experiences.
Expect small teams. Many of the utilities on this list have only a handful of staff, so phone outreach and a clear reason to talk matter.

Read our guide to how public power, co-ops and water utilities buy, or see the largest public power utilities and largest electric co-ops nationally.

About this data

Source. EIA's "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), from forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. Average price is EIA's revenue divided by sales.
Bundled customers only. The table counts customers who buy both energy and delivery from the utility, so it excludes distribution-only utilities and customers who buy energy from another supplier in retail-choice areas.
Community-owned utilities only. This page lists municipal, public utility district, state-owned and cooperative utilities. Investor-owned and federal utilities are left out.

Sources

U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total (Table 10): eia.gov

Public power utilities and electric co-ops in Mississippi.