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Coast Electric Power Assn electricity: 90,247 accounts in Mississippi, SAIDI 103
In Mississippi, Coast Electric Power Assn bills 90,247 accounts, 91.4% residential, as an cooperative utility. Its SAIDI went +150% over the filing history, from 41 minutes in 2015 to 103 in 2024.
At 1,241 kWh a month a Coast Electric Power Assn home pays about $171 in energy: 13.81 ¢/kWh, 3.1% above the Mississippi average of 13.39 ¢.
Its SAIDI went +150% over the filing history, from 41 minutes in 2015 to 103 in 2024.
Coast Electric Power Assn: SAIDI 2015 to 2024
SAIDI since 2015
+150%41 to 103 minutes
Outage time is the clearest story here: 41 minutes in 2015, 103 in 2024 (+150%). The best year was 2019 at 23 and the worst 2021 at 121.
SAIFI adds the frequency view: 1.41 interruptions a customer a year, 1.39 times the national median (1.01), with 73 minutes per interruption.
How it compares
Coast Electric Power Assn
Coast Electric Power Assn, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Coast Electric Power Assn
13.81 ¢/kWh
12.35 ¢/kWh
$171at 1,241 kWh
103 minSAIDI
Mississippi average against this company, which is 11 of 16 on priceLowest in this table
Coast Electric Power Assn: +1.5% on 2024 for homes, Mississippi +4.8%.
Coast Electric Power Assn home price, 2025
14.01 ¢/kWh+1.5% on 2024, early release
Coast Electric Power Assn SAIDI, 2025
83 min-20% on 2024, early release
Coast Electric Power Assn against Mississippi, 2025
-3.3 pointsCoast Electric Power Assn +1.5%, Mississippi +4.8%, price in Mississippi 14.03 ¢
Coast Electric Power Assn: 14.01 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +1.5% from 13.81 ¢; Mississippi as a whole went +4.8%, so Coast Electric Power Assn trailed it by 3.3 points. Its SAIDI is 83 minutes against 103 in 2024.
Carbon context
Coast Electric Power Assn serves 82,510 homes in Mississippi. At 1,241 kWh a month that is about 465 kg of CO₂, or 5,583 kg a year, at the Mississippi plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Mississippi generation mix.
Coast Electric Power Assn charts
Residential price since 2015: 13.81 ¢ in 2024
12.16 ¢ in 2015, 13.81 ¢ in 2024 (+13.6%); Mississippi 11.27 to 13.39 ¢.
Coast Electric Power Assn residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Coast Electric Power Assn billed homes 12.16 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 13.81 ¢ in 2024, +13.6% in all, and lagged the Mississippi average (+18.8%) by 5.3 points. Coast Electric Power Assn's sharpest move came in 2023, +7.4%. The latest year is the high at 13.81 ¢; the low was 11.55 ¢ (2018). 2024: +4.3% here, +1.2% for the Mississippi average. SAIDI at Coast Electric Power Assn (major events excluded) rose from 41 minutes in 2015 to 103 in 2024, +150%; worst year 2021 at 121. Coast Electric Power Assn filed SAIDI under the national median in 7 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 103 minutes, +4 from that year's median. 2020: 4385 minutes with major events, 84 without, the widest gap of any year. Coast Electric Power Assn has 10 cheaper and 5 higher-priced Mississippi peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Delta Electric Power Assn, bills 13.75 ¢ (-0.05). Next higher-priced, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, bills 14.01 ¢ (+0.20).
The rate is 3.1% above Mississippi, while 103 outage minutes (1.04x the median) show no matching reliability edge.
Home accounts at Coast Electric Power Assn went from 73,487 in 2015 to 82,510 in 2024, +12.3%. Business customers paid 0.89 times the home price in 2024 (12.35 against 13.81 ¢); the ratio was 0.96 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.18 in 2020 to 1.41 in 2024, between 1.18 and 1.84.
Outages and home price of Coast Electric Power Assn (EIA utility 3841), 2013 to 2024
Yearly SAIDI at Coast Electric Power Assn: 35 minutes in 2014, 103 in 2024, a rise of 196%. The low came in 2014 at 35, the high in 2021 at 121; 6 years were filed. The Mississippi median in 2024 was 240 minutes, so Coast Electric Power Assn ran below it.
Home rates at Coast Electric Power Assn went from 11.86 ¢ in 2013 to 13.81 ¢ in 2024 (+16.5%), which is 16.39 ¢ to 14.17 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−13.5%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,966 in 2013 and $1,701 in 2024. Of 40 Mississippi utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Coast Electric Power Assn stood 33rd cheapest (38th of 45 in 2013).
Coast Electric Power Assn outage minutes a customer, 2014 to 2024: 103 in 2024
Coast Electric Power Assn at 103 min in 2024 and the Mississippi median at 240.
Coast Electric Power Assn home price since 2013: −13.5% after inflation
Coast Electric Power Assn: 14.17 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 13.81 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Coast Electric Power Assn, EIA utility 3841, year by year among Mississippi utilities
Coast Electric Power Assn 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Coast Electric Pow
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Coast Electric
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Coast Electric
Mississippi median SAIDI
2013
11.86
16.39
38 of 45
–
–
–
–
2014
12.16
16.54
37 of 45
35
0.68
1 of 7
129
2015
12.16
16.52
37 of 45
–
–
–
–
2016
11.61
15.57
36 of 45
–
–
–
–
2017
11.72
15.39
33 of 45
–
–
–
–
2018
11.55
14.81
34 of 45
–
–
–
–
2019
11.62
14.63
35 of 47
–
–
–
–
2020
11.84
14.73
31 of 40
84
1.18
2 of 11
138
2021
11.85
14.08
30 of 40
121
1.84
6 of 9
111
2022
12.33
13.56
13 of 40
97
1.57
4 of 10
141
2023
13.25
14.00
32 of 40
101
1.51
3 of 9
233
2024
13.81
14.17
33 of 40
103
1.41
4 of 10
240
Coast Electric Power Ass, EIA utility 3841: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Coast Electric Power Assn in Mississippi, by customer accounts?
90,247 accounts in 2024: residential 82,510, commercial 7,730, industrial 7.
How many cents per kWh does Coast Electric Power Assn charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 13.81 cents; against the Mississippi average that is +3.1%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Coast Electric Power Assn?
SAIDI 103.5 min and SAIFI 1.41 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.04, CAIDI 73 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Coast Electric Power Assn?
388 installations with 2.8 MW, of which residential installations number 387.
What would a typical Coast Electric Power Assn home pay each month?
1,241 kWh at 13.81 cents comes to about $171, energy only.
Is Coast Electric Power Assn cheaper than other Mississippi utilities?
Rank 11 of 16 in Mississippi on price, +3.1% against the state average; 10 charge less than 13.81 ¢.
How much of the Coast Electric Power Assn load is business?
Homes take 64.1% of 1,916,564 MWh, commercial accounts 23.4%, industrial and other 12.5%; the 7,730 commercial accounts use 57,945 kWh each, 3.9 times a home.
Does Coast Electric Power Assn have smart meters or TOU rates?
79,804 of 79,812 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Coast Electric Power Assn offers a home time-of-use rate; 28,335 customers use dynamic pricing, 34.34% of its homes.
Since 2015, has Coast Electric Power Assn become cheaper than other Mississippi utilities?
11th cheapest of 16 in 2015, 11th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 13.6% while Mississippi rose 18.8%.
Where does Coast Electric Power Assn stand among 2 peers?
Place 1 of 3 on home price at 13.81 ¢ (Mississippi cooperatives); median 14.01 ¢, cheapest member 13.81 ¢.
Did Coast Electric Power Assn cut or raise its 2025 home price?
14.01 cents per kWh, +1.5% on the 13.81 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Coast Electric Power Assn at 13.81 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.