Commercial electricity rates in Mississippi

What businesses in Mississippi actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 11.88¢ to 14.73¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Mississippi by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Mississippi.

Commercial customers in Mississippi pay 7% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is narrower than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Mississippi used 6,169 kWh in August 2026. At 13.45¢ per kWh that is about $830 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Mississippi's commercial price rose 12.8%, from 11.92¢ in September 2023 to 13.45¢. The high point was 14.73¢ in February 2026 and the low 11.88¢ in July 2024 — a spread of 24% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is typical for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was March (13.67¢) and the cheapest September (12.34¢), a seasonal swing of 11%.

Mississippi against its region

Mississippi is in EIA's East South Central division, where the commercial average was 13.41¢ in August 2026. Mississippi is 0% above that, and 3 of 4 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama.

States priced near Mississippi

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states