North East Electric Power Association
P.O. Drawer 1076
10 PR 2050
Oxford, Mississippi 38655
662-234-6331 or toll free 1-877-234-6331
Fax: 662-234-0046

Robert A. Collier
General Manager

     In 1935 rural leaders began meeting and organizing their own electric power associations in their communities. Locally, meetings were held in Abbeville, Taylor, Potts Camp, Oxford, Myrtle, Thaxton, Hurricane, Tula, Etta, Waterford, and New Albany for the purpose of forming an electric cooperative.

     From these meetings, a board of directors was selected and an application for a certificate of incorporation for North East Mississippi Electric Power Association was filed with the state. The certificate of incorporation was granted on Nov. 20, 1936, giving directors the authority to adopt bylaws, sign up members, execute a power contract and borrow money for construction.

     In May 1938, electricity first flowed through 95 miles of North East Mississippi Electric Power Association's distribution lines, lighting up nearly 200 homes of members served by the New Albany substation. Rural homes and farms in our service area were changed forever when the lights came on 67 years ago. Electric lights replaced oil lamps. Indoor plumbing meant no more hauling buckets of water from the well or nearby springs. Electric washing machines replace washtubs and scrub boards. Refrigerators, stoves, electric irons and other appliances made life a little easier.

     North East MS EPA's membership has grown significantly over the past 67 years and now numbers a record high of 20,995. While the co-op still serves a number of farms, we also provide electricity to 18,489 residents and 2,447 commercial and industrial members. We maintain 1,908 miles of line in its 920-square-mile service area, which includes parts of Lafayette, Marshall, Union, Pontotoc, and Benton counties. We also maintain the following substations: Oxford, Taylor, Anderson, Woodson Ridge, Enterprise, Martintown, Industrial Park, Cornersville, Lafayette Springs, College Hill, Sardis Lake, and West Oxford; as well as Waterford metering point.

How to report an outage

Available July 1, 2005