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Electric utilities serving Washington County, Mississippi

Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.

4 utilities list Washington County, Mississippi, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being Entergy Mississippi LLC, Delta Electric Power Assn and Twin County Electric Pwr Assn.

Their average residential prices ran from 13.21¢ to 13.75¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 13.48¢, against a Mississippi average of 13.39¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Mississippi customers, not for this county alone.

The median SAIDI they reported was 707.2 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Mississippi utilities reporting was 324.6.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 40,446. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.

4utilities list the county2 on EIA's short form
13.48¢median of their residential pricesMississippi 13.39¢ · US 16.48¢
$147.16median of their monthly billsMississippi $154.83
707.2median SAIDI minutes, all eventsMississippi median 324.6

Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Mississippi operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Entergy Mississippi LLCInvestor-owned384,61113.21¢$157.00692.3331.8
Delta Electric Power AssnCooperative20,46013.75¢$137.31722.1419.5
Twin County Electric Pwr Assn short formCooperative12,131————
City of Leland short formMunicipal1,982————

Ordered by residential customers in Mississippi. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Twin County Electric Pwr Assn 15.95¢, City of Leland 12.74¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.

Against the state and the country

Measure, 2024Utilities listing Washington CountyMississippiUnited States
Average residential price per kWh13.48¢ median13.39¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$147.16 median$154.83$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)707.2 median324.6 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days375.7 median238.2 median99.8 median
Utilities counted4401,413

Outage minutes reported

Entergy Mississippi LLC692.3 min
Delta Electric Power Assn722.1 min

SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Washington County itself.

Population: 40,446 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 6,294 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Washington County?

Entergy Mississippi LLC, Delta Electric Power Assn, Twin County Electric Pwr Assn and City of Leland list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.

What is the electricity price in Washington County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.21¢ to 13.75¢ per kilowatthour across their Mississippi customers in 2024; the state average was 13.39¢.

How reliable is power in Washington County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 707.2 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 375.7 minutes excluding them.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.