Cooperative Energy


Cooperative Energy is an electrical generation and transmission cooperative in Hattiesburg, Mississippi providing power to more than 427,000 homes and businesses.
In 2015, the cooperative decided not to purchase a 15 percent interest in Mississippi Power's coal gasification power plant in Kemper County, Mississippi known as the Kemper Project.
In 2017 the cooperative opened a solar farm near Sumrall, Mississippi.
On November 9, 2016 SMEPA changed its name to Cooperative Energy.