North East Mississippi EPA

What This Utility Data Tells You

North East Mississippi EPA is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Mississippi under EIA identifier 40302. It reports service to approximately 28,837 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 22 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average North East Mississippi EPA customer experienced 169.3 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.94 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 129.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 169.3 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

North East Mississippi EPA has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 225.1 down to 169.3 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.