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.
On November 9, 2016, the South Mississippi Electric Power Association changed its name to Cooperative Energy.
In 2017 the cooperative opened a solar farm near Sumrall, Mississippi.