Power Outages in Harrison County, MS
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Mississippi Power Co and Singing River Elec Cooperative in Harrison County, MS. Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS) has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
Harrison County, MS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/harrison-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Harrison County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/harrison-county
No active outages are reported by Mississippi Power Co and Singing River Elec Cooperative in Harrison County.
Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS) only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.
57%of this county's ~107,775 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
Only visible while reporting outages: Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 60,295 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Singing River Elec Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 1,022 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS) | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mississippi Power Co and Singing River Elec Cooperative reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Harrison Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39503 | 709 | 37 | 499 | 18 |
| 39532 | 391 | 17 | 271 | ≤11 |
| 39501 | 332 | ≤11 | 214 | ≤11 |
| 39507 | 270 | ≤11 | 180 | ≤11 |
| 39560 | 269 | ≤11 | 191 | ≤11 |
| 39574 | 205 | 15 | 152 | ≤11 |
| 39531 | 201 | ≤11 | 143 | ≤11 |
| 39571 | 183 | ≤11 | 134 | ≤11 |
| 39530 | 120 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 39540 | 106 | ≤11 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 39534 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Harrison County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Harrison County right now.
Harrison County has been under 67 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×13
- Dense Fog Advisory ×10
- Storm Surge Warning ×8
- Tropical Storm Warning ×8
- Flood Watch ×6
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×6
Latest Harrison County, MS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 50m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 514 customers out (0.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 842 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 36m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 16,263 customers out (15% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Harrison County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Gulfportno outage reported
- Biloxino outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Harrison County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 97,348 customers.
The US EIA reports Mississippi utilities averaged 8.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 97,348 customers out) · decade average 5.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 999 | 5,621 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 1,127 | 5,010 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 980 | 2,647 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 931 | 34,247 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 648 | 2,890 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 1,001 | 97,348 | 49.5 |
| 2021 | 1,072 | 9,849 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 848 | 3,332 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 1,128 | 4,499 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 989 | 6,495 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 684 | 4,210 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Harrison County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Harrison County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Mississippi Power Co15.7¢158,206 cust
- Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS)14.0¢84,194 cust
- Singing River Elec Cooperative13.5¢73,398 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Very High hurricanes exposure · 5.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Harrison County: FAQ
- How often does Harrison County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Harrison County, MS logged 684 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Harrison County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 97,348 customers without power, beginning October 28, 2020 and lasting about 10d.
- Is there a power outage in Harrison County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Harrison County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Harrison County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS), Mississippi Power Co, Singing River Elec Cooperative.
Gulfport, Biloxi. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Harrison County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Harrison County.
39501, 39503, 39507, 39530, 39531, 39532, 39534, 39540, 39560, 39571, 39574
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Power Co | 1.8 hrs | Live · county | |
| Singing River Elec Cooperative | 2.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Coast Electric Power Assn - (MS) | 2.0 hrs | Outages only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28047 and /api/v1/counties/28047/history.