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Crosby Parker selected to represent Mississippi on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Youth Leadership Council
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 […]
Earth Month Art Contest
Coast Electric is inviting artists in kindergarten through 12th grades in Harrison, Hancock and Pearl River counties to enter our Earth Month art contest. This year’s theme is pollinators. Winners will be selected in the following categories: Lilypads: Ages 5 – 7 Tadpoles: Ages 8 – 13 Bullfrogs: Ages 14 – 18 A winner will […]
Winter Weather Preparation
Coast Electric employees are prepared to respond to any challenges caused by the winter weather in our area. Operations teams are positioned in each district throughout our service area to ensure quicker response times. As always, dispatchers are on duty 24/7 and crews are ready to respond in the event of outages. Coast Electric offices […]
Update on Billing Error That Affected Some Coast Electric Accounts
Dear Coast Electric Members, First, let me again apologize for the billing error that affected your account. As your CEO, I made the decision to bill your account for the kilowatt hours you used between January 2024 and August 2024, but due to human error, those kilowatt hours were billed at the incorrect rate. As […]
Hurricane Francine Update 9/12 6:30 p.m.
Crews have finished restoring service to all members who can safely receive power after Hurricane Francine. If you are still without service, be sure to report your outage using our online map https://outages.coastelectric.coop/, our CE on the Go app, text us at 228-338-4644 or call 877-769-2372.
Hurricane Francine 9/12 2 p.m. Update
We have 2,400+ outages this afternoon scattered across our service area, but most are in Pearl River County. We’ve restored over 9,400 outages since daylight. The primary cause of outages is trees on lines, damaged equipment and broken poles. We have over 500 crew members working to restore service to our members and have begun […]