Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

In Mississippi, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn bills 53,958 accounts, 96.5% residential, as an cooperative utility. Its SAIDI of 238 minutes is 2.39 times the national median reporter (99).

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 1,198 kWh a month costs roughly $171 in energy at 14.25 ¢/kWh, +6.4% on the Mississippi average of 13.39 ¢.

Its SAIDI of 238 minutes is 2.39 times the national median reporter (99).

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: outage minutes

SAIDI against national median: 2.39x238 minutes against 99

Reliability is the sharpest contrast for Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 238 minutes a year without power per customer, 2.39 times the national median of 99. Among 9 Mississippi utilities that report SAIDI it ranks 4 (1 = fewest minutes); the Mississippi median is 240.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 2.91 interruptions a customer a year, 2.87 times the national median (1.01), with 82 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn
Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	14.25 ¢/kWh	12.33 ¢/kWh	$171at 1,198 kWh	238 minSAIDI
Mississippi average against this company, which is 13 of 16 on priceLowest in this table	-0.86 ¢/kWhcompany 6.4% above	-0.01 ¢/kWhcompany 0.1% above	-$10a month at 1,198 kWh	+1 mincompany 1 below
Mississippi Power Co	14.47 ¢/kWhcompany 1.5% below	11.06 ¢/kWhcompany 11.5% above	$1733 more than company	82 mincompany 156 above

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Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 2025

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: +9.3% on 2024 for homes, Mississippi +4.8%.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn home price, 2025: 15.58 ¢/kWh+9.3% on 2024, early release
Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn SAIDI, 2025: 261 min+9% on 2024, early release
Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn against Mississippi, 2025: +4.6 pointsPearl River Valley El Pwr Assn +9.3%, Mississippi +4.8%, price in Mississippi 14.03 ¢

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 15.58 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +9.3% from 14.25 ¢; Mississippi as a whole went +4.8%, so Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn ran ahead of it by 4.6 points. Its SAIDI is 261 minutes against 238 in 2024.

Carbon context

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn serves 52,077 homes in Mississippi. At 1,198 kWh a month that is about 449 kg of CO₂, or 5,387 kg a year, at the Mississippi plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Mississippi generation mix.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.25 ¢ in 2024

12.84 ¢ in 2015, 14.25 ¢ in 2024 (+11.0%); Mississippi 11.27 to 13.39 ¢.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Pearl River Valley El Pwr As	Gap to Mississippi residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	12.84	+1.57	+0.19
2016	12.26	+1.79	-0.29
2017	12.93	+1.85	+0.04
2018	12.14	+1.02	-0.73
2019	12.84	+1.57	-0.17
2020	12.90	+1.73	-0.25
2021	12.73	+1.17	-0.93
2022	13.38	+0.97	-1.66
2023	13.50	+0.27	-2.50
2024	14.25	+0.86	-2.23

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn SAIDI, 2015-2024

118 min in 2015, 238 in 2024.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Pearl River Valley El , no major events
2015	118
2016	157
2017	210
2018	129
2019	167
2020	201
2021	152
2022	163
2023	191
2024	238

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 238.2 min

238.2 min, 2.39x the median reporter, rank 572 of 673.

min

Company, no major events238.2
Company, with major events371.8

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn billed homes 12.84 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.25 ¢ in 2024, +11.0% in all, and lagged the Mississippi average (+18.8%) by 7.8 points. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn's sharpest move came in 2018, -6.1%. The latest year is the high at 14.25 ¢; the low was 12.14 ¢ (2018). 2024: +5.6% here, +1.2% for the Mississippi average. SAIDI at Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn (major events excluded) rose from 118 minutes in 2015 to 238 in 2024, +102%; worst year 2024 at 238. At 238 minutes in 2024, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn sat +139 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2020: 951 minutes with major events, 201 without, the widest gap of any year. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn has 12 cheaper and 3 higher-priced Mississippi peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, bills 14.01 ¢ (-0.24). Next higher-priced, Mississippi Power Co, bills 14.47 ¢ (+0.22).

Both measures lean against customers: 6.4% above the Mississippi average on price and 2.4x the national median on outage minutes (238).

Home accounts at Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn went from 46,450 in 2015 to 52,077 in 2024, +12.1%. Business customers paid 0.87 times the home price in 2024 (12.33 against 14.25 ¢); the ratio was 0.86 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.96 in 2015 to 2.91 in 2024, between 1.80 and 2.91.

Outages and home price of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn (EIA utility 14563), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 180 minutes in 2013, 238 in 2024, a rise of 32%. The low came in 2014 at 110, the high in 2024 at 238; 12 years were filed. The Mississippi median in 2024 was 240 minutes, so Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn ran below it.

Home rates at Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn went from 12.28 ¢ in 2013 to 14.25 ¢ in 2024 (+16.1%), which is 16.96 ¢ to 14.63 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−13.8%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,036 in 2013 and $1,755 in 2024. Of 40 Mississippi utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn stood 35th cheapest (42nd of 45 in 2013).

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 238 in 2024

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn at 238 min in 2024 and the Mississippi median at 240.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn home price since 2013: −13.8% after inflation

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 14.63 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.25 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn, EIA utility 14563, year by year among Mississippi utilities

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Pearl River Valley	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Pearl River Va	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Pearl River Va	Mississippi median SAIDI
2013	12.28	16.96	42 of 45	180	1.65	4 of 5	173
2014	12.42	16.89	41 of 45	110	1.97	2 of 7	129
2015	12.84	17.44	42 of 45	118	1.96	1 of 6	175
2016	12.26	16.45	41 of 45	157	2.15	3 of 7	165
2017	12.93	16.98	42 of 45	210	2.30	7 of 8	167
2018	12.14	15.57	38 of 45	129	1.84	3 of 8	144
2019	12.84	16.16	43 of 47	167	2.17	5 of 9	167
2020	12.90	16.05	38 of 40	201	1.98	8 of 11	138
2021	12.73	15.12	36 of 40	152	1.80	7 of 9	111
2022	13.38	14.72	36 of 40	163	2.09	8 of 10	141
2023	13.50	14.26	34 of 40	191	2.56	4 of 9	233
2024	14.25	14.63	35 of 40	238	2.91	5 of 10	240

Pearl River Valley El Pw, EIA utility 14563: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Mississippi real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 53,9583.4% of Mississippi total
Residential accounts: 52,0773.9% of Mississippi homes
Commercial accounts: 1,8523.4% of the base
Residential rate: 14.25 ¢/kWhplace 13 of 16, +6.4% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.33 ¢/kWhplace 13 of 35, +0.1% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 238.2 minbetter than 15% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.912.87x the median
SAIDI with major events: 371.8 min35.9% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 1.5 MW123 installations
Counties served: 12all in Mississippi
Average residential use: 14,372 kWh/yr1,198 a month
Implied monthly bill: $171-$27 on the U.S. rate, 1,198 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +11.0%12.84 to 14.25 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +102%118 min in 2015, 238 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Mississippi ¢/kWh
Residential	52,077	14.25	+0.86
Commercial	1,852	12.33	+0.01

Year by year, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn

Year	Home accounts, Pearl River Valley El	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	46,450	12.84	11.04	0.86	118	1.96
2016	46,962	12.26	10.56	0.86	157	2.15
2017	47,432	12.93	10.94	0.85	210	2.30
2018	48,260	12.14	10.74	0.88	129	1.84
2019	48,674	12.84	11.02	0.86	167	2.17
2020	49,355	12.90	11.11	0.86	201	1.98
2021	50,139	12.73	10.97	0.86	152	1.80
2022	50,838	13.38	11.52	0.86	163	2.09
2023	51,470	13.50	11.77	0.87	191	2.56
2024	52,077	14.25	12.33	0.87	238	2.91

Peers of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi, place 13 of 16 on home price

Utility near Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn on price	SAIDI min, gap to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Home ¢, gap to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Gap % to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Accounts, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn = 1
10. Delta Electric Power Assn	+181	-0.50	-3.5%	0.55
11. Coast Electric Power Assn	-135	-0.44	-3.1%	1.67
12. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative	+83	-0.24	-1.7%	1.31
13. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn (this utility)	238	14.25	-	1.00
14. Mississippi Power Co	-156	+0.22	+1.6%	3.57
15. Magnolia Electric Power Assn	No data	+0.75	+5.3%	0.62
16. Southwest Mississippi E P A	+1512	+0.78	+5.5%	0.47

Who buys Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn's electricity

Class at Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Accounts	Of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn accounts	Of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn MWh sold	kWh a year per Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn account
Residential	52,077	96.5%	70.0%	14,372
Commercial	1,852	3.4%	18.4%	106,214
Industrial and other	29	0.05%	11.6%	4,264,241

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn among Mississippi cooperatives

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Home ¢, gap to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Accounts, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn = 1
1. Coast Electric Power Assn (MS)	-135	-0.44	1.67
2. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative (MS)	+83	-0.24	1.31
3. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn (MS, this utility)	238	14.25	1.00

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	Mississippi context	Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn detail
Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn home meters on AMI	100.0%	Mississippi 79.9%	52,077 of 52,077 meters
Time-of-use rate for Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn homes	Not on file	4 of 32 Mississippi utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn
Net-metered installations	123	90% residential	2.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 12.6 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn

kWh	Share of a 1,198 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.25 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	21%	$35.63	-$5.57	$428
500	42%	$71.26	-$11.14	$855
750	63%	$106.88	-$16.72	$1,283
1,000	83%	$142.51	-$22.29	$1,710
1,500	125%	$213.77	-$33.43	$2,565
2,000	167%	$285.03	-$44.57	$3,420

Outage record, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn

Measure, Pearl River Valley E	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	238.2	371.8	3.97 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.910	3.324	0.34 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	81.8	111.9	1.36 h

Territory of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn

12 Mississippi counties, region SERC:

Mississippi other states: 12 of 12 counties of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn drawn

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn: 12 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Covington
Forrest
George
Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Lamar
Lawrence
Marion
Pearl River
Perry
Stone
Walthall

Questions on Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn

How big is Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi, by customer accounts?

53,958 accounts in 2024: residential 52,077, commercial 1,852, industrial 29.

How many cents per kWh does Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 14.25 cents; against the Mississippi average that is +6.4%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn?

SAIDI 238.2 min and SAIFI 2.91 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 2.39, CAIDI 82 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn?

123 installations with 1.5 MW, of which residential installations number 111.

What would a typical Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn home pay each month?

1,198 kWh at 14.25 cents comes to about $171, energy only.

Is Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn cheaper than other Mississippi utilities?

Rank 13 of 16 in Mississippi on price, +6.4% against the state average; 12 charge less than 14.25 ¢.

What share of Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn sales do homes buy?

Homes take 70.0% of 1,068,842 MWh, commercial accounts 18.4%, industrial and other 11.6%; the 1,852 commercial accounts use 106,214 kWh each, 7.4 times a home.

At Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

52,077 of 52,077 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn reports no home time-of-use rate; 4 of 32 Mississippi filers do.

Has Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn moved up the Mississippi price list since 2015?

15th cheapest of 16 in 2015, 13th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 11.0% while Mississippi rose 18.8%.

Where does Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn stand among 2 peers?

Place 3 of 3 on home price at 14.25 ¢ (Mississippi cooperatives); median 14.01 ¢, cheapest member 13.81 ¢.

Did Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn cut or raise its 2025 home price?

15.58 cents per kWh, +9.3% on the 14.25 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn at 14.25 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Evergy Kansas South, IncKansas, 14.25 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Okefenoke Rural El Member CorpGeorgia, 14.24 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Linn County RECIowa, 14.23 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Meade County Rural E C CKentucky, 14.27 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above

Primary sources for Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn in Mississippi: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average