AARP, Presley to lead broadband workshop at MUW
Older Mississippians may not be familiar with the technology, the terminology or even how high-speed internet works.
But they do know what they want.
Brandon Presley: Rural Mississippians deserve internet service
Ask any elected official in Mississippi if people living in rural areas deserve the same quality of life as people living in cities and you will probably get a quick “yes” but, that isn’t what current state policy says.
Presley plans to push for electric co-ops to bring internet to rural Mississippi
In 1935, in the back room of McPeters Furniture store in Corinth, a handful of residents devised a plan that reshaped rural America.
Up until then, electricity was almost exclusively a benefit of living in cities and the big city utility companies showed no interest in absorbing the cost of extending electricity to sparsely-populated areas.
Presley questions FCC claims of good cell coverage
Brandon Presley is not a cartographer by training or occupation.
Analysis: Wicker pushes fight for cell service subsidies
If a U.S. senator and a public service commissioner get their way, many Mississippians will spend the next six months trying to prove how bad their local cellphone service is.
Presley says he won’t run for Mississippi Senate
A distant cousin of Elvis Presley who might have been Democrats’ strongest contender for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Mississippi says he won’t run this year.
Presley: For-profit utilities should pass tax savings on to customers
The first results of the new tax law passed by Congress in December may show up in an unexpected place: monthly gas bills.
Presley to host substation public hearing
Mississippi Northern District Public Commissioner Brandon Presley will host a public hearing on Friday about a planned electrical substation that will be built near Starkville.
Presley blasts Net Neutrality ruling during Exchange Club speech
The news that the Federal Communications Commission had voted 3-2 along party lines to repeal “net neutrality” broke just as Brandon Presley was preparing to speak to the Columbus Exchange Club Thursday at Lion Hills Center.
Slimantics: Mississippians know Presley has their back on net neutrality issue
In his 10 years as the Northern District’s Public Service Commissioner, Brandon Presley has emerged as one of a rare breed of Mississippi politicians who seems to have escaped the clutches of narrow partisanship.
Presley: Southern Cross must benefit state
As Southern Cross Transmission inches closer to submitting an official proposal with the state for a major transmission line project, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley said he wants Mississippi to get the most possible benefit.
Presley addresses infrastructure, economic development at Starkville Rotary
Plans for internet service expansion, low-cost wind power and industrial park development are each progressing and may soon contribute to economic development in Oktibbeha County.
Public Service Commissioner: Utility rate incentive program helps small businesses
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley visited Lowndes County Tuesday to promote his Small Business Incentives Rider, a program which saves small businesses money on utilities.
Presley speaks with landowners about energy project
In a public meeting at the Bell Schoolhouse Fire Station just outside Starkville Thursday, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley urged residents to reach out to representatives from Southern Cross Transmission if they have questions about the company’s proposed wind energy transmission line.
Presley makes push for greater access to services in rural Miss.
When you think of Mississippi’s Public Service Commission, your thoughts turn first to utilities.
Deal would keep some Mississippi PSC power over cooperatives
Mississippi utility regulators may have averted an attempt led by electrical cooperatives to strip many powers of the Public Service Commission, but the deal could leave the regulatory body without the power to order cooperatives to pay rooftop solar panel owners enough money to make residential solar worthwhile.
Under the Capitol dome: Presley, at helm of utility regulator, could get his chance
Start thinking of him as Chairman Presley.
PSC to hold Town Hall meeting in Starkville
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley will hold a Town Hall meeting in Starkville on Tuesday to discuss “Zap the Gap,” according to a media release.
Presley to unveil new tool to request natural gas
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley will unveil a new tool that people without natural gas as a home energy source can use to make their need known to his offices and state suppliers.
Presley calls for natural gas expansion in rural areas
The Energy Information Administration reports that natural gas burns 30 percent more cleanly than petroleum and 45 percent more than coal, but the cleaner energy isn’t an option for many rural Mississippi residents.