Brandon Presley

In the 2015 elections, Democratic State Representative Cecil Brown was elected to represent the Central District. This gave the Democratic Party a majority on the Commission. Subsequently Presley was appointed to serve as chair of the commission. In March, he presided over the groundbreaking of the largest solar power facility in the state. The project is a joint effort between the PSC, the United States Navy and Mississippi Power at NCBC Gulfport.

In 2014, Presley succeeded Betsy Wergin of Minnesota to serve as chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Committee on Consumer Affairs. The committee is charged with analyzing the role that state service commissions play in consumer protection within the energy and telecommunications industries.

Presley is a distant cousin of Elvis Presley. He lost 216 pounds during 2013 and 2014.

Presley served as the Mayor of Nettleton, Mississippi from 2001 to 2007. After Bo Robinson announced his retirement Presley was elected Public Service Commissioner for the Northern District of the Mississippi Public Service Commission in 2007 and re-elected in 2011 and 2015.

Brandon E. Presley (born July 21, 1977) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the Commissioner for the Northern District of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.