Pepper Rutland

BATON ROUGE, La.— The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report spotlighted MMR in its 40th Anniversary special issue, which recognized people, companies and organizations creating a lasting legacy in the Capital Region.
The feature highlights MMR’s organizational growth over the past three decades as well as its commitment to enhancing the Baton Rouge community. The anniversary edition explores Baton Rouge’s future trajectory while also recalling significant news and trends of the past 40 years, d...

BATON ROUGE, La. – MMR is honored to be recognized as a Partner of Compassion by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center while supporting its second annual Give Day fundraising campaign to help power life-saving programs across Louisiana and southwest Mississippi.
“We all have family and friends who have been touched by cancer and MMR is dedicated to ensuring our community’s cancer center continues to provide the best technology, expert physicians, support staff and early detection and outreach servi...

James B. Pepper Rutland of Baton Rouge, Louisiana shares why his company, MMR Group, was honored by GBRIA with Specialty Trade Award of Excellence.
BATON ROUGE, La.— The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) honored MMR with the Division II Specialty Trade (Hard Craft) Award of Excellence at its 15th Annual Craft Workforce Development Awards Banquet.
The GBRIA Craft Workforce Development Awards program recognizes contractors, member plants, schools, educators and individuals who displ...

BATON ROUGE, La.— ENRSouthwest, published by Engineering News-Record, highlighted MMR subsidiary SouthWestern Power Group’s involvement in the SunZia transmission and wind project after recently concluding its sale of Phase I to Pattern Energy. The feature discusses the impact and scale of the project, which spans from New Mexico to Arizona, as the largest single-phase renewable infrastructure project in U.S. history.
$8B SUNZIA TRANSMISSION, WIND PROJECT WORK TO START IN 2023
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Please see news release below on the MMR/SouthWestern Power Group transaction with Pattern Energy on the Sunzia Transmission Project, the largest renewable infrastructure project in US history. MMR retained all rights to Phase II of the El Rio Sol Transmission Line 2 that includes the equity, interest and buildout at a later date. As noted in the release below, El Rio Sol brings an additional 1500MW electricity capacity.
PATTERN ENERGY ACQUIRES SUNZIA TRANSMISSION PROJECT F...

TEI is happy to congratulate our owner John H. Stinson III on being inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction.
John H. Stinson III was recently inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction. Louisiana State University originally created the Hall of Distinction to highlight leaders in the field of Engineering. Individuals selected for this prestigious role have to obtain outstanding professional achievement, have continued service in the engineering fi...

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BATON ROUGE – James B. “Pepper” Rutland, founder and president/chief executive officer of MMR Group Inc., and John H. Stinson III, CEO and president of TEI Software Development, were both recently inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction.
The college established the Hall of Distinction in 1979 to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession. Criteria for election includes distinguished professional achievement, dedicated s...

MMR Group, Inc. provides industrial electrical and instrumentation construction. The Company offers electrical installation, notification systems, panel fabrication, signal wiring, grounding, lighting, power distribution, switch gear, system analysis, and equipment installation services. MMR Group serves customers worldwide.

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James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.
James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.
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