Glenn L. McCullough, Jr.

By: Glenn McCullough, Jr.

Turn on the lights, the coffee maker and the television. Power up your cell phone and your laptop. Everything we do and use requires energy; energy powers productivity, prosperity and fuels our quality of life. A one percent growth in GDP requires .4 percent increase in electricity supply. Energy provides jobs and creates new job opportunities. With five smart steps in energy policy, the U.S. can have an affordable, clean, sustainable, secure and prosperous energy future.  

By Kim Gallaspy

Glenn McCullough, Jr. is chairman of Advance Mississippi, a coalition of community, business and academic leaders working to develop superior energy policies that will foster economic growth in Mississippi. A former mayor of Tupelo, McCullough served as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors and spent 14 years in private business as vice president of McCullough Steel Products, Inc. In this issue, Pointe Innovation spends a few minutes with Glenn McCullough, Jr.