Mississippi 

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Electric
Overview

• The Public Service Commission has concluded that a competitive electric power industry would not be beneficial to the state's consumers at this time.
  After several years of hearings and investigation into the benefits of competition, a decision was made to suspend the 1996 docket opened by the PSC to investigate electric power industry restructuring. Prices for electricity in Mississippi are below the national average, and studies conducted by the PSC indicate that prices for residential and small consumers could rise in a competitive environment.

Natural Gas
Overview

• The state has no unbundled service programs for residential customers. No retail unbundling program is being considered at this time by either the Mississippi Public Service Commission or the state legislature. Unbundled service has been available to large-volume commercial and industrial customers since the late 1980s.

Utility Regulatory Commission
Mississippi Public Service Commission
Southern District 1-800-356-6429
Central District 1-800-356-6430
Northern District 1-800-356-6428
www.psc.state.ms.us/

Consumer advocate
Attorney General's Office
Consumer Protection Division
1-800-281-4418
www.ago.state.ms.us/divisions/consumer/consumer-protection.html