Average Electric Bill in Mississippi
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $2,085 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Mississippi has the 9th highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 14.86¢/kWh × 1,169 kWh ≈ $174. A state can land high on either factor — Mississippi pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Mississippi | $174 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Alabama | $188 | |
| Tennessee | $163 | |
| Louisiana | $158 | |
| Arkansas | $143 |
Mississippi is $15 a month above (+9.7%) the U.S. average of $158. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $239
- August 2026
- Lowest month
- $132
- November 2025
- Swing
- $107
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $239
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Mississippi peaks in August 2026 and bottoms out in November 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Mississippi electricity bills in context
Mississippi's average residential electricity bill stands at $174 per month, the ninth highest in the 50 states and DC. The bill ranks above the national average of $158, a difference driven by usage that runs 293 kWh per month above the national figure of 876 kWh. The state's rate of 14.86¢/kWh sits below the national average of 18.07¢/kWh, so the higher bill reflects how much electricity Mississippi homes consume rather than what they pay per unit.
Over the twelve-month window from September 2025 to August 2026, bills have risen 7.1% compared with the prior year's average of $162. The five-year picture shows sharper growth: since August 2021, the average bill has climbed 29.8% from $134. The longest view available stretches back to December 2008, when the average stood at $128—meaning bills have increased 35.8% across that span.
Seasonal variation is pronounced. August 2026 saw the peak at $239, while November 2025 reached the lowest point at $132, a swing of $107 between high and low months. Among neighbouring states, Mississippi's bill falls between Louisiana's $158 and Alabama's $188, while Arkansas at $143 and Tennessee at $163 provide closer comparisons on either side.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (September 2025 – August 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Mississippi may pay well above or below $174. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Mississippi electricity prices by sector.