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BRUNINI SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTS NATION’S FIRST RTO (MISO) IN OBTAINING MISS. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL OF ENTERGY JOINDER

Brunini’s Jim Halford, John Flynt and William Drinkwater successfully represented the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) in obtaining regulatory approval from the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) for Entergy Mississippi to join MISO and transfer functional control of its transmission facilities to MISO, the nation’s first regional transmission organization (RTO).  The MPSC found that approval of the joint application of MISO and Entergy was in the public interest. Membership in this RTO is projected to provide savings to Mississippi electricity customers of between $242 and $284 million over a ten-year period, and will place Entergy’s electric transmission in the hands of an independent operator.  MPSC Order

Clarion Ledger Article on Order:  http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201211160100/BIZ/311160017

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