14.47¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Southern Pine Electric Cooperative / MS ]
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative electricity rates in Mississippi
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+3.3%
vs 2024
65,580
residential customers
+21.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate (14.47¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.10¢ | — | 61,427 |
| 2016 | 11.51¢ | −4.9% | 61,948 |
| 2017 | 11.78¢ | +2.4% | 62,037 |
| 2018 | 11.49¢ | −2.5% | 62,269 |
| 2019 | 12.19¢ | +6.1% | 62,792 |
| 2020 | 11.95¢ | −2.0% | 63,120 |
| 2021 | 12.35¢ | +3.4% | 64,065 |
| 2022 | 12.59¢ | +1.9% | 64,372 |
| 2023 | 13.42¢ | +6.6% | 64,750 |
| 2024 | 14.01¢ | +4.4% | 65,176 |
| 2025 | 14.47¢ | +3.3% | 65,580 |
How this compares
14.03¢
Mississippi average, 2025
+3.1%
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative vs MS 2025 average
−16.0%
vs US 2025 average
#7
priciest in MS
Serves 11 counties in Mississippi: Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith. 65 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's average residential rate has gone from 12.10¢ to 14.47¢ per kWh: +19.6% over 10 years, or about +1.8% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.6% in 2023. The largest drop was −4.9% in 2016.
For a home using 1,184 kWh a month, the Mississippi average, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's 2025 rate works out to about $2,056 a year, $63 more than at Mississippi's average rate of 14.03¢. Of the 40 Mississippi utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 7th most expensive.
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative served 61,427 homes in 2015 and 65,580 in 2025 (+6.8%), about 5% of Mississippi's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's rates
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative 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 Southern Pine Electric Cooperative raising rates in 2026?
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative'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 +3.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Southern Pine Electric Cooperative charge per kWh?
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate was 14.47¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Mississippi's 2025 average was 14.03¢.
How much have Southern Pine Electric Cooperative rates gone up in five years?
+21.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +26.7% for Mississippi as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Southern Pine Electric Cooperative have in Mississippi?
65,580 residential customers in 2025, across 11 counties including Copiah, 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, 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)