D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)-A heads up for D’Iberville residents, Coast Electric has a planned power outage for Wednesday, August 20. Those residents on West Gay Road, Old Highway 67, Road 120, and Clinton Lane will be affected. Lighting and traffic signals…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) - Summer is here and along with the rising heat are rising utility bills. Coast Electric recommends keeping your AC set to 78 during the summer…
Mississippi (WXXV)- This Friday - April 18th - is National Lineman Appreciation Day. Of course, any day is a good day to celebrate the men and women who build and maintain…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-Coast Electric is introducing an art contest for students in Harrison, Hancock, and Pearl River counties. There are three age categories for the contest…
Early Sunday, Coast Electric crews from their Poplarville office left for Columbia, Mississippi to assist their sister co-op Pearl River Valley Electric. Significant progress has already been made with storm…
Kiln, Miss. - Coast Electric employees are prepared to respond to any challenges caused by the winter weather in our area. Operations teams are positioned in each district throughout the service area to ensure quicker response times. As always, dispatchers are on…
Coast Electric customers in Waveland were without power for about an hour because of a transformer issue. Spokesperson April Lollar said a transformer at the substation in Waveland went out, causing the power outage that affected about 2,500 homes. But…
Coast Electric is one of many power companies taking part in relief efforts in areas impacted by Helene. For a few days now, Coast Electric has…
Coast Electric changing course on its decision to charge customers who were undercharged on their bills in a recent billing error. After thousands of customers were asked to pay the…
Coast Electric has reversed course and is now saying it will not make customers who were undercharged pay for the billing mistake. In a message posted to social media, Coast Electric said, "We value the input of our members, the…
Around 4,500 South Mississippians are voicing their concerns after finding out they are being impacted by a billing error from their power company. In a statement made on…
BILOXI, MS (September 18, 2024)— Southern District Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Wayne Carr wants to inform the public about a recent billing error affecting approximately 4,500 Coast Electric accounts. From January 2024 until August 23, 2024, these members were inadvertently…
Kiln, Miss. – Coast Electric currently has 1,500+ outages this afternoon scattered across their service area, but most are in Pearl River County. The co-op has restored service to more than 11,500 members since daylight. The primary cause of outages is…
Hurricane Francine has caused some power outages in South Mississippi. Here is the latest on the power outages reported to the utilities: Since 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mississippi Power had approximately 7,600 customers experienced an outage, with more than 4,100 already…
In the event of severe weather, here are some resources to keep in mind. If your power goes out, here are the numbers or websites you can call to get more information or report power outages. Mississippi Power Company: 1-800-487-3275…
Volunteers were out early Friday morning building a community garden for one Hancock County community. The new garden is located on the grounds of the Pearlington Public Library and…
A grant from Coast Electric is funding a new community garden in southern Hancock County. The garden will serve as a catalyst to educate children and families in the Pearlington community about food…
Coast Electric teamed up with the American Red Cross Thursday for a blood drive. The blood drive took place at the Coast Electric building in the Kiln. Donors filed in to…
Coast Electric has hosted a Red Cross Blood Drive from 7:30AM to 12:30PM Thursday. Every unit collected at the blood drive can help save up to three lives! WXXV News 25's…
There is still time to apply for a Coast Electric Operation Round Up grant! The deadline for applications is Thursday, February 29. Operation Round Up allows Coast Electric members to round their bills up to the next dollar each month.…
Heads up for D'Iberville residents for next Wednesday, January 17. Coast Electric will need to turn off power from 8 in the morning until noon to make changes to electrical facilities. Power lines will need to be de-energized for workers…
Coast Electric has partnered with the Land Trust for Mississippi Coastal Plain to build a pollinator garden in D’Iberville. The garden will be a space for native bees, butterflies, and beetles.…
Power went out in Harrison County for more than 1,000 customers on Friday morning. The outage happened about 6:30 a.m. and was restored for most customers by 7 a.m. Coast Electric customers from about County Farm Road to the intersection…
Coast Electric held a ceremony to celebrate its Operation Round Up program and the fact it has now invested more than a million dollars into the community. Since Coast Electric…