13.68¢
per kWh, 2025
[ 4-County Electric Power Assn / MS ]
4-County Electric Power Assn electricity rates in Mississippi
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.2%
vs 2024
41,491
residential customers
+18.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at 4-County Electric Power Assn's average effective residential rate (13.68¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.52¢ | — | 38,294 |
| 2016 | 11.60¢ | +0.7% | 38,653 |
| 2017 | 11.78¢ | +1.6% | 38,974 |
| 2018 | 11.53¢ | −2.1% | 39,115 |
| 2019 | 11.65¢ | +1.0% | 39,359 |
| 2020 | 11.53¢ | −1.0% | 39,443 |
| 2021 | 11.65¢ | +1.0% | 39,798 |
| 2022 | 12.79¢ | +9.8% | 39,894 |
| 2023 | 12.64¢ | −1.2% | 40,898 |
| 2024 | 12.88¢ | +1.9% | 41,076 |
| 2025 | 13.68¢ | +6.2% | 41,491 |
How this compares
14.03¢
Mississippi average, 2025
−2.5%
4-County Electric Power Assn vs MS 2025 average
−20.6%
vs US 2025 average
#16
priciest in MS
Serves 7 counties in Mississippi: Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster. 38 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, 4-County Electric Power Assn's average residential rate has gone from 11.52¢ to 13.68¢ per kWh: +18.8% over 10 years, or about +1.7% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.8% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.1% in 2018.
For a home using 1,184 kWh a month, the Mississippi average, 4-County Electric Power Assn's 2025 rate works out to about $1,944 a year, $50 less than at Mississippi's average rate of 14.03¢. Of the 40 Mississippi utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 16th most expensive.
4-County Electric Power Assn served 38,294 homes in 2015 and 41,491 in 2025 (+8.3%), about 3% of Mississippi's residential electricity customers.
Who sets 4-County Electric Power Assn's rates
4-County Electric Power Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Mississippi Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Mississippi Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is 4-County Electric Power Assn raising rates in 2026?
4-County Electric Power Assn's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Mississippi Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +6.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does 4-County Electric Power Assn charge per kWh?
4-County Electric Power Assn's average effective residential rate was 13.68¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Mississippi's 2025 average was 14.03¢.
How much have 4-County Electric Power Assn rates gone up in five years?
+18.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +26.7% for Mississippi as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does 4-County Electric Power Assn have in Mississippi?
41,491 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, 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, which every US utility files. 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)