FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 7, 2008

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SOUTHERN COMPANY’S RUSTY WILLIAMS ELECTED UTC CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

ORLANDO, FL – Rusty Williams, Manager of Planning and Engineering at Southern Company Services in Birmingham, AL, was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Utilities Telecom Council today.

The election was held during UTC’s Annual Membership Meeting, held in conjunction with UTC’s annual conference, UTC TELECOM 2008 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Rusty held several leadership roles with the UTC prior to being elected including serving as UTC’s Vice Chairman and Public Policy Division Chair.

Other UTC Officers elected were Jeffrey Katz, Enterprise IT Consultant at Public Service Enterprise Group in Newark, NJ as Vice Chairman and Troy West, Manager of Telecommunications at Cleco Corporation in Bunkie, LA, as Secretary/Treasurer. Williams succeeds Jeffrey Selman, Manager of Telecom and Protection Engineering at the Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association who served as UTC Chairman for the past year.

“UTC is very fortunate to attract such dedicated volunteers whose commitment extends far beyond their companies, recognizing the interdependence of all UTC member utilities,” noted William R. Moroney, UTC President and CEO. “These individuals were selected by their peers to lead because they have an incredible depth of experience and knowledge about the critical information communications technology needs and can extrapolate these needs to that of the entire critical infrastructure industry. I look forward to working closely with these volunteers over the next year.”

Utilities Telecom Council
Celebrating its 60th year in 2008, the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) is a global, full-service trade association dedicated to creating a favorable business, regulatory, and technological environment for entities that own, manage, or provide critical telecommunications systems in support of core services. Founded in 1948, UTC has evolved into a dynamic organization that represents the broad communications interests of electric, gas, and water utilities; natural gas pipelines; other critical infrastructure entities and other industry stakeholders. Visit www.utc.org [2] for more information on UTC and its services.

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