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…
About 3,500 customers of Singing River Electric are without power in Jackson County this morning. Most of those affected are in St. Andrews, around Pine Hurst and Rosewood. There also is an outage in Vancleave in the Fort Ramsey area.…
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…
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…
As the temperature drops again tonight, Mississippi Power is enacting its winter weather plan. The organization starts prepping, however, for winter weather long before the wind chill hits.…
City officials and first responders are reporting some issues this morning caused by the weather. In Biloxi, Cedar Road is closed from the Methodist church to Christian Assembly…
More than 4 thousand customers woke up to no power in Stone County this morning, according to Pearl River Valley Electric. The company's outage map shows that 4,095 customers in the Big Level area from McHenry to north of Wiggins…
Mississippi Power has restored its customers with power after an outage early this morning. About 3,000 Mississippi Power customers were without power in the area east of 25th Avenue in downtown Gulfport. The outage stretched north as far as the…
Mississippi Power and Singing River Electric were on the ground in Jackson County shortly after the storm blew through the area Monday, working to restore power to their customers. Amanda Parker with Singing River Electric said Tuesday morning that the…
Mississippi Power was honored today with the Edison Electric Institute's Emergency Response Award for its work during the 2020 storm season. The award is presented to EEI member companies to recognize recovery and assistance efforts of electric companies following service…
Residents at the Bluff Creek Campground in Vancleave went seven days without power because their landlord owed more than $15,000 to the electric company. As of today, that has been resolved. It was a grim feeling Tuesday at Bluff Creek…
Mississippi Power adds another month before its Kemper County Power Plant will open and an additional 38 million dollars. The plant is now expected to be operational with lignite coal by the end of May. Mississippi Power spokesman Jeff Sheperd…
Your power, water, telecommunications and sewer are all controlled by the same people. The state of Mississippi wants to make sure they are supervised correctly. That’s why the Public Service Commission held its fourth annual Utility Regulation and Training Meeting…