Anderson,South Carolina was the first City in the South to have
continous electricity.
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10693

Howsoever, before that and before any Cities up North had continous
electricity, electricity was only available for two or three hours in
the evenings.
The old electricity power plant in Buffalo,New York was restored years
ago for the tourist people to look at.

I don't know when Mississippi first had electricity.The big old house
where I was born in Carthage was built by my grandfather and his brother
back in the early 1900s.That house was the first house in Carthage to
have electricity, we had indoor plumbing too.I remember the old style
twisted insulated wires and the white porcelain insulators.Back in the
1970's, I disconnected the double row push button light switch that was
in the hallway by the front door.(nobody was living there anymore) I
brought that old light switch home with me, I still have that old light
switch right here.
cuhulin