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electric cooperative · EIA utility 15211

Pontotoc Electric Power Assn

16,377 residential customers in Mississippi · 2 counties in territory · balancing authority TVA

Form EIA-861, 2024 final2025 early release shown in trend
MSUS13.02¢ per kWh7.43¢35.66¢
Average residential price, 2024. Dial position: 45% of 1,230 US utilities had this price or lower. Ticks: Mississippi and US averages.

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. Annual figures: Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release. Monthly state figures run to July 2026.

Pontotoc Electric Power Assn is an electric cooperative that reported 16,377 residential customers in Mississippi on Form EIA-861 for 2024, with a service territory that touches 2 counties.

Its average residential price that year was 13.02¢ per kilowatthour, about the same as the Mississippi average of 13.39¢ and 21% below the US average of 16.48¢. The figure is residential revenue divided by residential sales, so it folds in fixed charges, riders and every rate schedule the utility bills under.

That works out to an average residential bill of $159.55 a month on average use of 1,225 kWh a month. Across Mississippi the average bill was $154.83 on 1,156 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.

EIA's reliability file has no SAIDI or SAIFI entry for it in 2024; smaller respondents and energy-only suppliers are not asked for one.

The average price is up 13.2% on 2019, against up 18.8% for Mississippi as a whole, and up 2.8% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 13.77¢.

13.02¢average residential price per kWhMississippi 13.39¢ · US 16.48¢
$159.55average monthly residential billon 1,225 kWh a month
16,377residential customers20,694 customers in all sectors
—SAIDI minutes per customerno reliability filing

Compared with Mississippi, the US and other electric cooperatives

Measure, 2024This utilityElectric cooperatives, US medianMississippiUnited States
Average residential price per kWh13.02¢13.74¢13.39¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$159.55$149.95$154.83$142.26
Average monthly use, kWh1,2251,1261,156863
Residential price change, 1 year+2.8%—+1.2%+3.0%
Residential price change, 5 years+13.2%—+18.8%+26.7%
SAIDI, all events (minutes)—263.0324.6 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days—147.0238.2 median99.8 median

State and US prices, bills and use are EIA's own averages over every customer. The ownership column and the reliability columns are medians across utilities with at least 1,000 residential customers, computed on this site from the final 2024 file. Among the 23 filings by electric cooperatives in Mississippi, the median price was 13.16¢. In Mississippi this utility's price ranks 15 of 40, counting from the highest.

Average price by year

0¢5¢10¢15¢20¢20132015201720192021202320252013 US average: 12.13¢2014 US average: 12.52¢2015 US average: 12.65¢2016 US average: 12.55¢2017 US average: 12.89¢2018 US average: 12.87¢2019 US average: 13.01¢2020 US average: 13.15¢2021 US average: 13.66¢2022 US average: 15.04¢2023 US average: 16¢2024 US average: 16.48¢2025 US average: 17.3¢2013 Mississippi average: 10.78¢2014 Mississippi average: 11.32¢2015 Mississippi average: 11.27¢2016 Mississippi average: 10.47¢2017 Mississippi average: 11.08¢2018 Mississippi average: 11.12¢2019 Mississippi average: 11.27¢2020 Mississippi average: 11.17¢2021 Mississippi average: 11.56¢2022 Mississippi average: 12.41¢2023 Mississippi average: 13.23¢2024 Mississippi average: 13.39¢2025 Mississippi average: 14.03¢2013 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 10.74¢2014 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.08¢2015 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.06¢2016 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.23¢2017 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.53¢2018 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.4¢2019 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.5¢2020 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.41¢2021 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 11.69¢2022 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 12.84¢2023 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 12.66¢2024 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 13.02¢2025 Pontotoc Electric Power Assn: 13.77¢

Pontotoc Electric Power AssnMississippi averageUS average

Cents per kWh, nominal. The hollow point is EIA's 2025 early release, which has not been fully edited.

Year by year

Year¢ per kWhMississippi ¢Monthly billkWh a monthResidential customersAll sales
2025 early release13.77¢14.03¢$170.221,23616,453431.7 GWh
202413.02¢13.39¢$159.551,22516,377433.1 GWh
202312.66¢13.23¢$149.001,17716,202419.9 GWh
202212.84¢12.41¢$158.771,23616,004422.4 GWh
202111.69¢11.56¢$144.301,23515,899418.8 GWh
202011.41¢11.17¢$135.701,18915,786402.7 GWh
201911.50¢11.27¢$146.581,27515,465425.9 GWh
201811.40¢11.12¢$152.261,33615,328437.9 GWh
201711.53¢11.08¢$137.601,19415,221407.1 GWh
201611.23¢10.47¢$145.331,29415,144426.7 GWh
201511.06¢11.27¢$142.271,28615,080418.2 GWh
201411.08¢11.32¢$147.941,33514,988419.3 GWh
201310.74¢10.78¢$139.101,29514,957409.1 GWh

Bundled residential service only in the price, bill and use columns. Bill = residential revenue ÷ customers ÷ 12; use = residential sales ÷ customers ÷ 12. EIA describes its early release as not fully edited; it is shown for this utility alone and enters no average, median or rank on this site.

Sales by sector, 2024

SectorCustomersSalesShare of salesRevenue¢ per kWh, bundled
Residential16,377240.8 GWh56%$31,356,00013.02¢
Commercial4,314140.3 GWh32%$19,543,00013.93¢
Industrial352 GWh12%$3,909,0007.51¢

Customers, sales and revenue count every service type the utility reported (bundled, energy-only and delivery-only). The price column uses bundled service alone, because part-bill revenue would understate it. Sources of energy: 459.8 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 459.8 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 105 MW.

Reliability

EIA's reliability file has no entry for Pontotoc Electric Power Assn in 2024. Energy-only suppliers do not own the wires, and the smallest distribution utilities are not asked for SAIDI and SAIFI.

Counties in its service territory

Counties the utility listed on Form EIA-861 for 2024. Listing a county does not mean the utility serves all of it.

Other utilities in Mississippi

All Mississippi utilities · Electric cooperatives nationwide

Questions and answers

How much does electricity cost from Pontotoc Electric Power Assn?

Residential customers paid an average of 13.02¢ per kilowatthour in 2024. EIA derives this by dividing residential revenue by residential sales; it is an average across all rate schedules and charges, not a tariff rate.

How does that compare with Mississippi?

The Mississippi average residential price in 2024 was 13.39¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Pontotoc Electric Power Assn was about the same as the state figure. Among 40 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Mississippi, it had the 15th highest.

What is the average Pontotoc Electric Power Assn bill?

$159.55 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,225 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Mississippi average was $154.83 on 1,156 kWh.

How reliable is Pontotoc Electric Power Assn service?

EIA's 2024 reliability file has no entry for Pontotoc Electric Power Assn.

Is the Pontotoc Electric Power Assn price rising?

The average residential price was up 2.8% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 13.2% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 13.77¢.

Which counties does Pontotoc Electric Power Assn serve?

Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 2 counties: Calhoun County, MS and Pontotoc County, MS. A county can appear in several utilities' territories.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures are from Form EIA-861 (sales to ultimate customers, reliability, operational data and service territory files), final release for 2024, respondent "Pontotoc Electric Power Assn", utility number 15211; the 2025 row is from EIA's early release. State and US averages are from the Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, published through July 2026. All are US government works in the public domain. Page built 1 Oct 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. For tariffs and rate schedules, consult the utility or the state utility commission.