BRANDON PRESLEY

President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Commissioner Brandon Presley was elected Public Service Commissioner for the Northern District of Mississippi in 2007, re-elected in 2011, 2015 and most recently in 2019 without opposition. Elected to the Public Service Commission at age 30, he was the youngest Commissioner ever elected in Mississippi. Prior to his election to the Public Service Commission, he served as Mayor of Nettleton from 2001 to 2007, having been elected at the age of 23, making him one of the youngest mayors in Mississippi history.

Commissioner Presley currently serves as President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and on the advisory committees for New Mexico State University’s Center for Public Utilities and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). He has also served as President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, which is composed of Public Service Commissioners from the eleven (11) Southern States and Puerto Rico, and is a former member of the board of directors of the National Regulatory Research Institute (NNRI).

Commissioner Presley is a graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy School program for State and Local Government Executives.

Commissioner Presley is a lifelong resident of Nettleton, where he is a member of the Enon Primitive Baptist Church. He is past-President and current member of the Nettleton Lions Club and is a member of the Nettleton Civitan Club.