Date: February 16, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Central Electric Restoration Efforts
Central Electric has been working a severe weather event that passed through our entire
service territory overnight. Significant progress has been made in power restoration efforts.
There is damage to many lines due to trees and limbs down along with approximately 24
broken poles.
Crews worked through the night and are continuing to work in each district to restore power
as quickly and safely as possible.
As of 6:00 p.m., Central Electric Power Association has 235 members without electric
service. Outages by county are:
Leake – 68
Attala – 27
Neshoba – 8
Newton – 21
Rankin – 1
Scott – 110
To report an outage, please visit www.centralepa.com and click on Report an Outage or call
(601) 267-3043.
As a safety reminder, please stay away from downed power lines. We ask for your patience
during this time as we work to restore power to our members.
Please visit www.kicks96news.com or tune in to Kicks 96.7 for outage information.
Central Electric Power Association serves over 38,000 accounts in a seven-county area in
central Mississippi, including Attala, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin and Scott
