CANTON, Miss. (AP) - Entergy Mississippi will provide comply with a court order to give Madison County customer information on 20,000 local residents.
On Feb. 20, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Madison County judge denying Entergy’s motion to quash a grand jury subpoena seeking information on approximately 20,000 customers in Madison and Canton zip codes.
Entergy officials tell the Madison County Journal (https://bit.ly/1qg9gwW ) that it’s been company policy not to release customer information to third parties but they will follow the Supreme Court order.
Tax Assessor Gerald Barber says he needs the data to help flush out homestead exemption fraud in the county. He says he used similar data from Madison and Ridgeland water department files.
Entergy called the subpoena a fishing expedition by Barber and an invasion of privacy.
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