Magnolia Electric

BLOOD DRIVE FOR MEP EMPLOYEE : MEP is appealing to the public to participate in not one, but two upcoming blood drives for MEP Manager of Billing Amanda McKenzie. First one: January 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Spears Clinic, Summit. Second one: MEP office, February 17.

MEP GM Darrell Smith presented a $50,000 check to Pat Brumfield, Pike County Economic Dev. District chairman, and Jill Busby, PCEDD executive director. The grant, through MEP and Cooperative Energy, will go for infrastructure improvement at the Gateway Industrial Park in Pike Co.

NEW OPTION: For a minimal fee, MEP members who want to make a bill payment can use a bar code found on the back of the bill or on SmartHub to pay at four local businesses: Dollar General, Family Dollar, CVS, and Walgreens. To use this feature, scan the barcode at the checkout.

Bold stripes, bright stars and brave hearts. Let freedom ring as we celebrate our country and the freedoms we enjoy! We want to wish our members a Happy Happy 4th!!! The MEP Business office will be open on Friday, July 2, but closed on Monday, July 5, in honor of the holiday.

Did you know May is the month Mississippians can look outside after dark to spot nature’s "night lights?" Enjoy our "lightning bugs" till the real ones show up! Also, look for your May issue of the Today in Mississippi which should be in your mailbox this week!

Don't forget this is the weekend to Spring Forward for Daylight Saving Time!

Gillsburg residents may see an Osmose truck/employees in the community. They are a MEP contractor working to inspect power poles and will need access to MEP's ROWs, including yards at homes, pastures and wooded areas so that they can reach the power poles and do the inspections.

MEP wants to wish our members the happiest of days in the coming New Year and remind you that the business office will be closed Friday, January 1, 2021. Be aware of severe weather predicted for later today. If you have an outage, call 601-684-4011 or report it on SmartHub.

TO ALL OUR MEMBERS: Magnolia Electric Power’s business office will be OPEN Friday, July 3. The business office will be CLOSED, Monday, July 6, in observance of Independence Day. Should you have an outage, please call 601-684-4011 or report it on SmartHub.

The SmartHub app recently went though a revamp, so information will look a little different. The app provides information from daily usage to a quick click of a button to report an outage to an easy way to pay your bill. SmartHub, is a free app that is available in the App Store.

Be sure to check your mailbox for the September edition of Today in Mississippi! It has become a magazine! Don’t receive a copy? Call and get added to the mailing list. It is free for MEP members. We also offer an electronic link on the MEP webpage mepcoop.com

To become a YL nominee, MEP asks school counselors to send students to the competition based on leadership qualities, grades, and community service. A nominee’s parents/guardians must receive their electric service from MEP, too. For more information facebook.com/MagnoliaEPA/

Know a motivated high school junior? Then encourage them to talk to their school counselor about our Youth Leadership program! The counselors’ info packets are dropping in the mail today! The deadline to receive an official entry form is Sept. 18. Need more info, call MEP.

SCAM ALERT: Apparently scammers do not take summers off! We made a post on scam alerts in January and ran an article in the March 2019 Today in Mississippi, but we have received a few scattered calls on scams over the past couple of months. For more info: facebook.com/MagnoliaEPA/

FOR OUR MEP MEMBERS: We want our members to know that we are taking the weather system forming in the gulf seriously. We have been monitoring the storm all week and making preparations. For more details: facebook.com/MagnoliaEPA/no…

This video shows MEP’s and @SWElectricCoop’s trucks and equipment leaving from Easthaven Baptist Church, Brookhaven, this morning headed east on Highway 84. Crews from both co-ops are traveling together to West Florida Electric Cooperative in Graceville, FL. #HurricaneMichael

Crews from MEP and @SWElectricCoop met this morning in Brookhaven to travel together to West Florida Electric. Both co-ops will be working to aid in the restoration efforts after Hurricane Michael devastated WFE’s electric system. #HurricaneMichael #CooperationAmongCooperatives

CRISIS AVERTED: Weather reports this morning are showing that TS Gordon has passed east of MEP. Although we are thankful that we do not find ourselves facing massive outages, it has been better to be prepared than not. For more information, see our FB post facebook.com/MagnoliaEPA/

MEP has been monitoring Tropical Storm Gordon and watching its forecast. Storm tracks are showing the east side of MEP system to possibly be affected by the storm. For more detailed information, see our Facebook post facebook.com/MagnoliaEPA/

For the convenience of our members in the Amite County area, we have a new payment center in the B-Kwik Shell on Highway 24, Liberty. The kiosk takes several forms of payment. This kiosk joins two others – one here at the MEP drive-through, and one at Market Max in Tylertown.