An 11-man Singing River Electric crew is traveling to Talquin Electric Cooperative based in Quincy, Fla., to restore power outages after Category 4 Hurricane Helene swept through their service area. Our linemen from Jackson, George, and Greene counties met for…
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Answering member questions about February 2024 billing statements
As our members receive their February 2024 bills for January 2024 energy use, we are getting a variety of questions. Our employees welcome your questions and want you to review your bill as you use electricity nearly every second of…
Smart Thermostat Options
A Comparison of the Market’s Smartest and Most Popular Heating and cooling costs account for around half of a user’s energy bill according to the U.S. Department of Energy. So when it comes to reducing energy use and cutting home…
SRE employees volunteer for Cooperative Days of Service
Singing River Electric recently joined other Mississippi electric co-ops to participate in the Cooperative Days of Service, held annually in conjunction with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and holiday. King stated, “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.”…
SRE now offers Outage and MSR Texting
Don’t like to wait on hold? Neither do we. Text a member service representative (MSR) at 228-591-9166. We will return your text and help resolve your issue or answer your inquiry. You can also text OUT to 601-947-1744 to report…
Discussing the MSPSC distributed generation rules
The Mississippi Public Service Commission recently passed distributed generation or net metering rules, offering a financial incentive to people who install solar panels at their homes and meet certain criteria. Because Singing River Electric’s rates are regulated by its members…
Summer heat and increased electricity use adds pressure to electric grid
Our summer started out with a heat wave this year across much of the nation and that has resulted in a high demand for electricity. Power generation companies and those that work to stabilize our electric grid across the United…
SRE completes Emergency Plan review for start of 2022 hurricane season
Singing River Electric (SRE) recently completed a review of its Emergency Preparedness Plan to coincide with the start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. With an above-average hurricane season expected, SRE remains on alert, especially as a storm with naming…
SRE sends linemen to EMEPA to aid storm restoration
This afternoon, Singing River Electric has 15 linemen in route to Quitman, Miss., to assist East Mississippi Electric Power Association (EMEPA) with power restoration following severe weather on the evening of April 13. EMEPA’s service area sustained significant damage from…
Gifts to bring the recipient happiness all year long
Holiday shopping can be stressful, especially when buying for that hard-to-buy-for person on your list. How can you possibly choose something they’ll like when they’re so particular or already have just about everything they want? Well, what if we told…