Which Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Systems Are Members of PowerSouth?

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative is a generation and transmission (G&T) wholesale power supplier whose membership consists of 18 electric distribution cooperatives and four municipal electric systems across Alabama and northwest Florida. If you are trying to confirm whether a specific local utility buys wholesale power from PowerSouth, the practical check is to look at the member list published by PowerSouth or ask the local cooperative or municipal utility directly — the site confirms the counts and the two-state footprint, but does not publish the individual member names in the material available here.

What PowerSouth's membership structure means

PowerSouth is not a retail utility. It generates and transmits power and sells it at wholesale to its members, which then distribute electricity to homes and businesses. That structure explains why the membership question matters: a household in the region is usually a customer of a member cooperative or municipal system, not of PowerSouth itself.

Key facts from PowerSouth's own description:

• Headquarters: Andalusia, Alabama
• Type: Generation and transmission (G&T) electric cooperative
• Members: 18 electric cooperatives and four municipal electric systems
• Service area: Alabama and northwest Florida
• Founded: 1941
• Mission: to safely provide reliable, competitively priced wholesale power to promote community development

How to identify a member utility

Because the site summarizes membership by count rather than by name, use this sequence to confirm a specific utility:

1. Identify your local provider. Check your electricity bill or the utility's website to see whether you are served by an electric cooperative or a municipal electric system.
2. Check the provider's wholesale supplier. Member utilities typically state their power supplier in "about us" or governance pages; a G&T cooperative relationship is usually disclosed there.
3. Cross-check with PowerSouth. Use PowerSouth's contact or member information channels to confirm the utility appears among its 18 cooperatives or four municipal systems.
4. Expected result: you will know whether your local utility is a PowerSouth member or purchases power elsewhere.

A common sticking point: municipal systems and cooperatives can look similar to consumers, but only the four municipal systems and 18 cooperatives are PowerSouth members. Being located in Alabama or northwest Florida does not by itself make a utility a member.

Membership at a glance

Why the member mix matters

PowerSouth describes its members as the reason for its focus on reliability and affordability, and it frames its energy stance around keeping wholesale power competitively priced for the communities those members serve. For anyone researching the regional power landscape — economic development, local utility governance, or energy sourcing — the 18-plus-4 structure is the starting point: it tells you that decisions about generation and transmission are made at the G&T level, while customer service and distribution happen at the member level.

For the authoritative list of member names, contact PowerSouth directly or consult its published member information; the counts and coverage described here come from PowerSouth's own site description.