NES Names New Board Chairman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 28, 2005

NASHVILLE, TN- The Electric Power Board elected a new chairman and vice chairman at their annual meeting July 27.  Justin P. Wilson will serve as chairman, following board member Marilyn Robinson.  William Blaufuss will assume the role of vice chairman.

Wilson is an attorney with Waller Landsen Dortch & Davis.  He served as a chief policy advisor to Gov. Don Sundquist and as the state Commissioner of Environment and Conservation.  Blaufuss is a retired managing partner KPMG Nashville.

The five-member board also includes Mary Jo Price, university council at Vanderbilt University, and Leo Waters, former metro council member and small business owner.

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