East Mississippi Electric Power

About East Mississippi Electric Power

East Mississippi Electric Power is an electricity cooperative. The largest city served by the supplier is Meridian, but the company also provides electricity to 11 cities in Mississippi. The most recent data reported by the company showed a total customer count of 12,964 accounts. Exactly 9,813 are residential customers and 3,151 are commercial accounts. East Mississippi Electric Power's consumers purchase electricity for, on average, 15.41 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 2.21% below the average nationwide rate of 15.76 cents. The company had sales of 218,570 megawatt hours in 2022 through retail sales. Of the megawatt hours they sourced, 237,260 megawatt hours were obtained by way of the wholesale electricity market. Their total revenue for 2022 from electricity activities was $32,072,300, with 95.97% coming from retail sales to end users.

The US average monthly residential electric bill is $135.34, while the East Mississippi Electric Power average is 21.76% higher at $164.79 per month. East Mississippi Electric Power ranks 2545th in the US for average monthly bill total. The power grid owned by the supplier has 2.32 outages per customer a year, with outages lasting roughly 3.21 minutes. The nationwide average for other providers is 1.45 outages per consumer and 171.11 minutes per outage. Electricity production is not handled in house at the company, as they purchase electricity at wholesale rates to then be resold to their end users.