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Coast Electric Honored as Industry of the Year

Photo Credit: Hancock Chamber of CommerceCoast Electric was recently named the 2025 Industry of the Year by the Hancock Chamber and Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission. The award was presented at the Hancock Chamber of Commerce’s Salute to Business & Industry Awards Gala. “We are honored to recognize the leadership and employees of Coast… Continue Reading Coast Electric Honored as Industry of the Year

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Crosby Parker selected to represent Mississippi on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Youth Leadership Council

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Crosby Parker, a junior at Gulfport High School and a Cooperative Youth Leaders representative for Coast Electric, joined 84 high school juniors representing electric cooperatives across the state in Jackson, Miss., for the Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi Cooperative Youth Leaders Workshop. The program instills leadership skills, inspires creative thinking, encourages community service and introduces students… Continue Reading Crosby Parker selected to represent Mississippi on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Youth Leadership Council

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Cooperative Competes Grant Awarded to Pearl River Community College to Expand Utility Lineman Technology Program

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Cooperative Energy, together with the 11 Member distribution cooperatives it serves, including Coast Electric and Pearl River Valley Electric, awarded a Cooperative Competes grant to Pearl River Community College (PRCC) to expand its Utility Lineman Technology program. The program is offered at the college’s main campus in Poplarville and currently has about 25 students participating… Continue Reading Cooperative Competes Grant Awarded to Pearl River Community College to Expand Utility Lineman Technology Program

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Coast Electric announces more than $6.2 million in capital credits for members

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Coast Electric Power Association President and CEO Ron Barnes announced at the cooperative’s 2022 Annual Meeting that the cooperative will retire $6,229,069 in capital credits to its members, which is the largest retirement in company history. Checks are scheduled to be mailed to eligible current and former members in December. By the end of 2022,… Continue Reading Coast Electric announces more than $6.2 million in capital credits for members

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Sharing Success in our Community

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In partnership with CoBank, a national cooperative bank that serves utilities in rural America, Coast Electric Power Association and its high-speed internet subsidiary, CoastConnect, have issued grants to local non-profit organizations through CoBank’s Sharing Success program. The program helps cooperatives nationwide give back to charities in their local communities, which is an important focus for… Continue Reading Sharing Success in our Community

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