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electric cooperative · EIA utility 15334

Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn

10,999 residential customers in Mississippi · 2 counties in territory · balancing authority TVA

Form EIA-861, 2024 final2025 early release shown in trend
MSUS10.86¢ per kWh7.43¢35.66¢
Average residential price, 2024. Dial position: 12% 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.

In its Form EIA-861 filing for 2024, Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn, an electric cooperative, reported 10,999 residential customers in Mississippi, with a service territory that touches 2 counties.

Its average residential price that year was 10.86¢ per kilowatthour, 19% below the Mississippi average of 13.39¢ and 34% 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 $127.79 a month on average use of 1,177 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 12.5% on 2019, against up 18.8% for Mississippi as a whole, and up 2.0% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 11.51¢.

10.86¢average residential price per kWhMississippi 13.39¢ · US 16.48¢
$127.79average monthly residential billon 1,177 kWh a month
10,999residential customers14,173 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 kWh10.86¢13.74¢13.39¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$127.79$149.95$154.83$142.26
Average monthly use, kWh1,1771,1261,156863
Residential price change, 1 year+2.0%—+1.2%+3.0%
Residential price change, 5 years+12.5%—+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 40 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 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.07¢2014 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.36¢2015 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.32¢2016 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.41¢2017 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.63¢2018 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.58¢2019 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.65¢2020 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.48¢2021 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 9.62¢2022 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 10.81¢2023 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 10.65¢2024 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 10.86¢2025 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn: 11.51¢

Prentiss County Elec Pwr 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 release11.51¢14.03¢$137.151,19110,994337.2 GWh
202410.86¢13.39¢$127.791,17710,999335.1 GWh
202310.65¢13.23¢$120.051,12710,965323 GWh
202210.81¢12.41¢$129.801,20110,972339.2 GWh
20219.62¢11.56¢$112.891,17310,935339 GWh
20209.48¢11.17¢$108.881,14910,905325.1 GWh
20199.65¢11.27¢$117.261,21510,873342 GWh
20189.58¢11.12¢$122.331,27710,865362.1 GWh
20179.63¢11.08¢$111.271,15610,854340.5 GWh
20169.41¢10.47¢$116.041,23310,848353.7 GWh
20159.32¢11.27¢$114.421,22810,802350.2 GWh
20149.36¢11.32¢$118.901,27010,786350.2 GWh
20139.07¢10.78¢$112.901,24510,802347 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
Residential10,999155.4 GWh46%$16,867,00010.86¢
Commercial3,166109.3 GWh33%$13,074,00011.96¢
Industrial870.5 GWh21%$6,198,0008.79¢

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: 347.7 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 347.7 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 78 MW.

Reliability

EIA's reliability file has no entry for Prentiss County Elec Pwr 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 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn?

Residential customers paid an average of 10.86¢ 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¢; Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn was 19% below the state figure. Among 40 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Mississippi, it had the 40th highest.

What is the average Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn bill?

$127.79 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,177 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 Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn service?

EIA's 2024 reliability file has no entry for Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn.

Is the Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn price rising?

The average residential price was up 2.0% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 12.5% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 11.51¢.

Which counties does Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn serve?

Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 2 counties: Lee County, MS and Prentiss 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 "Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn", utility number 15334; 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 30 Sep 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.