Southern Pine Electric Cooperative in Mississippi: 14.01 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative is an cooperative utility serving 70,771 customer accounts in Mississippi; 65,176 of them are residential. It connects 0.8 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 0.1 times the national median.

At 1,165 kWh a month a Southern Pine Electric home pays about $163 in energy: 14.01 ¢/kWh, 4.6% above the Mississippi average of 13.39 ¢.

It connects 0.8 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 0.1 times the national median.

Rooftop solar on the Southern Pine Electric grid

Net-metered homes per 1,000: 0.80.1x the national median of 8.7

Net metering stands out at Southern Pine Electric Cooperative: 53 residential installations on 65,176 home accounts, 0.8 per 1,000. That is place 7 of 8 Mississippi utilities and 0.1 times the national median (8.7). All installations together total 1.3 MW, an average of 20.7 kW each, and 580 MWh went back to the utility.

How it compares

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative	14.01 ¢/kWh	12.85 ¢/kWh	$163at 1,165 kWh	321 minSAIDI
Mississippi average against this company, which is 12 of 16 on priceLowest in this table	-0.62 ¢/kWhcompany 4.6% above	-0.53 ¢/kWhcompany 4.3% above	-$7a month at 1,165 kWh	-82 mincompany 82 above
Coast Electric Power Assn	13.81 ¢/kWhcompany 1.5% above	12.35 ¢/kWhcompany 4.1% above	$1612 less than company	103 mincompany 218 above

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Southern Pine Electric Cooperative: 2025

Southern Pine Electric: +3.3% on 2024 for homes, Mississippi +4.8%.

Southern Pine Electric home price, 2025: 14.47 ¢/kWh+3.3% on 2024, early release
Southern Pine Electric SAIDI, 2025: 446 min+39% on 2024, early release
Southern Pine Electric against Mississippi, 2025: -1.5 pointsSouthern Pine Electric +3.3%, Mississippi +4.8%, price in Mississippi 14.03 ¢

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative reported 14.47 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +3.3% on its 2024 figure of 14.01, while the Mississippi average moved +4.8%. Its SAIDI is 446 minutes against 321 in 2024.

Carbon context

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative serves 65,176 homes in Mississippi. At 1,165 kWh a month that is about 437 kg of CO₂, or 5,241 kg a year, at the Mississippi plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Mississippi generation mix.

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.01 ¢ in 2024

12.10 ¢ in 2015, 14.01 ¢ in 2024 (+15.8%); Mississippi 11.27 to 13.39 ¢.

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Southern Pine Electric Coope	Gap to Mississippi residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	12.10	+0.83	-0.55
2016	11.51	+1.04	-1.04
2017	11.78	+0.70	-1.11
2018	11.49	+0.37	-1.38
2019	12.19	+0.92	-0.82
2020	11.95	+0.78	-1.20
2021	12.35	+0.79	-1.31
2022	12.59	+0.18	-2.45
2023	13.42	+0.19	-2.58
2024	14.01	+0.62	-2.47

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Reliability: SAIDI 321.2 min

321.2 min, 3.23x the median reporter, rank 619 of 673.

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Company, no major events321.2
Company, with major events1,003.2

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative billed homes 12.10 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.01 ¢ in 2024, +15.8% in all, and lagged the Mississippi average (+18.8%) by 3.0 points. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's sharpest move came in 2023, +6.6%. The latest year is the high at 14.01 ¢; the low was 11.49 ¢ (2018). 2024: +4.4% here, +1.2% for the Mississippi average. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative filed SAIDI in only 2 years of this window, too few for a trend. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative has 11 cheaper and 4 higher-priced Mississippi peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Coast Electric Power Assn, bills 13.81 ¢ (-0.20). Next higher-priced, Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn, bills 14.25 ¢ (+0.24).

Pricier by 4.6% than Mississippi and slower to restore, at 321 minutes or 3.2 times the median.

Home accounts at Southern Pine Electric Cooperative went from 61,427 in 2015 to 65,176 in 2024, +6.1%. Business customers paid 0.92 times the home price in 2024 (12.85 against 14.01 ¢); the ratio was 0.97 in 2015.

Outages and home price of Southern Pine Electric Cooperative (EIA utility 17647), 2013 to 2024

Home rates at Southern Pine Electric Cooperative went from 11.71 ¢ in 2013 to 14.01 ¢ in 2024 (+19.6%), which is 16.18 ¢ to 14.38 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−11.1%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,942 in 2013 and $1,725 in 2024. Of 40 Mississippi utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative stood 34th cheapest (36th of 45 in 2013).

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative home price since 2013: −11.1% after inflation

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative: 14.38 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.01 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, EIA utility 17647, year by year among Mississippi utilities

Southern Pine Electric Coopera 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Southern Pine Elec	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Southern Pine	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Southern Pine	Mississippi median SAIDI
2013	11.71	16.18	36 of 45	–	–	–	–
2014	11.94	16.23	36 of 45	–	–	–	–
2015	12.10	16.43	36 of 45	–	–	–	–
2016	11.51	15.44	34 of 45	–	–	–	–
2017	11.78	15.47	34 of 45	–	–	–	–
2018	11.49	14.74	32 of 45	–	–	–	–
2019	12.19	15.35	39 of 47	–	–	–	–
2020	11.95	14.87	33 of 40	–	–	–	–
2021	12.35	14.68	33 of 40	–	–	–	–
2022	12.59	13.85	24 of 40	–	–	–	–
2023	13.42	14.18	33 of 40	317	3.21	7 of 9	233
2024	14.01	14.38	34 of 40	321	4.48	7 of 10	240

Southern Pine Electric C, EIA utility 17647: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Mississippi real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 70,7714.4% of Mississippi total
Residential accounts: 65,1764.9% of Mississippi homes
Commercial accounts: 5,5497.8% of the base
Residential rate: 14.01 ¢/kWhplace 12 of 16, +4.6% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.85 ¢/kWhplace 18 of 35, +4.3% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 321.2 minbetter than 8% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 4.484.43x the median
SAIDI with major events: 1003.2 min68.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 1.3 MW65 installations
Counties served: 11all in Mississippi
Average residential use: 13,984 kWh/yr1,165 a month
Implied monthly bill: $163-$29 on the U.S. rate, 1,165 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +15.8%12.10 to 14.01 ¢/kWh

Data tables

2024 by sector, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Mississippi ¢/kWh
Residential	65,176	14.01	+0.62
Commercial	5,549	12.85	+0.53

Year by year, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

Year	Home accounts, Southern Pine Electric	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	61,427	12.10	11.70	0.97	No data	No data
2016	61,948	11.51	10.95	0.95	No data	No data
2017	62,037	11.78	10.88	0.92	No data	No data
2018	62,269	11.49	11.18	0.97	No data	No data
2019	62,792	12.19	11.82	0.97	No data	No data
2020	63,120	11.95	11.34	0.95	No data	No data
2021	64,065	12.35	11.67	0.94	No data	No data
2022	64,372	12.59	11.76	0.93	No data	No data
2023	64,750	13.42	12.56	0.94	317	3.21
2024	65,176	14.01	12.85	0.92	321	4.48

Peers of Southern Pine Electric in Mississippi, place 12 of 16 on home price

Utility near Southern Pine Electric on price	SAIDI min, gap to Southern Pine Electric	Home ¢, gap to Southern Pine Electric	Gap % to Southern Pine Electric	Accounts, Southern Pine Electric = 1
9. Singing River Elec Cooperative	-152	-0.55	-3.9%	1.13
10. Delta Electric Power Assn	+98	-0.25	-1.8%	0.42
11. Coast Electric Power Assn	-218	-0.20	-1.4%	1.28
12. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative (this utility)	321	14.01	-	1.00
13. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	-83	+0.24	+1.7%	0.76
14. Mississippi Power Co	-239	+0.46	+3.3%	2.72
15. Magnolia Electric Power Assn	No data	+0.99	+7.1%	0.47

Who buys Southern Pine Electric's electricity

Class at Southern Pine Electric	Accounts	Of Southern Pine Electric accounts	Of Southern Pine Electric MWh sold	kWh a year per Southern Pine Electric account
Residential	65,176	92.1%	48.5%	13,984
Commercial	5,549	7.8%	17.4%	59,002
Industrial and other	46	0.06%	34.0%	13,901,413

Southern Pine Electric among Mississippi cooperatives

Southern Pine Electric and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Southern Pine Electric	Home ¢, gap to Southern Pine Electric	Accounts, Southern Pine Electric = 1
1. Coast Electric Power Assn (MS)	-218	-0.20	1.28
2. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative (MS, this utility)	321	14.01	1.00
3. Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn (MS)	-83	+0.24	0.76

Southern Pine Electric: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Southern Pine Electric	Mississippi context	Southern Pine Electric detail
Southern Pine Electric home meters on AMI	100.0%	Mississippi 79.9%	65,176 of 65,176 meters
Time-of-use rate for Southern Pine Electric homes	Offered	4 of 32 Mississippi utilities offer one	5 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.01% of 65,176
Net-metered installations	65	82% residential	0.8 homes per 1,000 accounts, 20.7 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

kWh	Share of a 1,165 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.01 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	21%	$35.02	-$6.18	$420
500	43%	$70.05	-$12.35	$841
750	64%	$105.07	-$18.53	$1,261
1,000	86%	$140.09	-$24.71	$1,681
1,500	129%	$210.14	-$37.06	$2,522
2,000	172%	$280.18	-$49.42	$3,362

Outage record, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

Measure, Southern Pine Electr	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	321.2	1003.2	5.35 h
SAIFI interruptions	4.482	6.287	0.22 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	71.7	159.6	1.19 h

Territory of Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

11 Mississippi counties, region SERC:

Mississippi other states: 11 of 11 counties of Southern Pine Electric Cooperative drawn

Southern Pine Electric Cooperative: 11 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Copiah
Covington
Forrest
Jasper
Jefferson Davis
Lawrence
Newton
Rankin
Scott
Simpson
Smith

Questions on Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

How big is Southern Pine Electric Cooperative in Mississippi, by customer accounts?

70,771 accounts in 2024: residential 65,176, commercial 5,549, industrial 46.

How many cents per kWh does Southern Pine Electric Cooperative charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 14.01 cents; against the Mississippi average that is +4.6%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Southern Pine Electric Cooperative?

SAIDI 321.2 min and SAIFI 4.48 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 3.23, CAIDI 72 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Southern Pine Electric Cooperative?

65 installations with 1.3 MW, of which residential installations number 53.

What would a typical Southern Pine Electric Cooperative home pay each month?

1,165 kWh at 14.01 cents comes to about $163, energy only.

Is Southern Pine Electric Cooperative cheaper than other Mississippi utilities?

Rank 12 of 16 in Mississippi on price, +4.6% against the state average; 11 charge less than 14.01 ¢.

How much of the Southern Pine Electric Cooperative load is business?

Homes take 48.5% of 1,878,290 MWh, commercial accounts 17.4%, industrial and other 34.0%; the 5,549 commercial accounts use 59,002 kWh each, 4.2 times a home.

Does Southern Pine Electric Cooperative have smart meters or TOU rates?

65,176 of 65,176 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Southern Pine Electric offers a home time-of-use rate; 5 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.01% of its homes.

Since 2015, has Southern Pine Electric Cooperative become cheaper than other Mississippi utilities?

10th cheapest of 16 in 2015, 12th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 15.8% while Mississippi rose 18.8%.

How does Southern Pine Electric Cooperative compare with 2 similar utilities?

Place 2 of 3 on home price at 14.01 ¢ (Mississippi cooperatives); median 14.01 ¢, cheapest member 13.81 ¢.

What did Southern Pine Electric Cooperative charge homes in 2025?

14.47 cents per kWh, +3.3% on the 14.01 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Southern Pine Electric Cooperative at 14.01 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Dakota Electric AssociationMinnesota, 14.00 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Habersham Electric Membership CorpGeorgia, 14.02 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Satilla Rural Elec Member CorporationGeorgia, 13.99 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Minnesota Valley Electric CoopMinnesota, 13.98 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

2 home plan records, energy charges: 6.4 to 18.2 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 1, e.g. A-TOU: Residential, Community Service, and General Farm Time of Use

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Southern Pine Electric Cooperative in Mississippi: 14.01 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Southern Pine Electric Cooperative in Mississippi: 14.01 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Southern Pine Electric Cooperative in Mississippi: 14.01 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Southern Pine Electric Cooperative in Mississippi: 14.01 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average