Grid Investment
Mississippi Power invests year-round in improvements to our power delivery system so it's safer, stronger, smarter and more reliable.
We've incorporated smart technologies that can automatically isolate outages and more resilient equipment to withstand extreme conditions. This means customers experience fewer and shorter outages.
System Improvements
Fewer Outage Minutes
Since the beginning of 2023, more than
10 million outage minutes have been avoided because of these investments.
Self-Healing Network
More than 96 percent of Mississippi Power customers are on our self-healing network. This means if you experience an outage, your service will be restored faster.
Stronger Infrastructure
We're upgrading wooden poles to concrete and steel and elevating substations to protect them against floodwaters, increasing resiliency and reliability.
Featured Project: Upgrades in Pass Christian
Mississippi Power crews and additional resources are currently making important upgrades in Pass Christian — a storm-prone area along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Over the course of this project, more than 50 poles will be upgraded to concrete and steel. More than 10 miles of transmission wire will also be replaced. Much of this line route is located in low-lying marsh or swamp areas, which makes it routinely inaccessible to crews and difficult to access after a storm event. Upgrading the equipment in this area improves the structural integrity of the line — making it less vulnerable to damage caused by storm conditions and lessening outage impacts for customers.
Storm Hardening & Restoration
Mississippi Power's service territory is prone to impacts from Mother Nature, including hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms and winter storms. That's why we work year-round to stay prepared by hardening our power delivery system.
By elevating substations in flood-prone areas, swapping out wooden poles for concrete and steel and installing automated devices on our system, we are making our power grid less susceptible to impacts from extreme weather. All of this reduces the length of customer outages following a storm event.