Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BRANNEN RONNIE
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
POWERSECURE INTERNATIONAL, INC. [POWR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President of Utility Infrastr.
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1609 HERITAGE COMMERCE COURT
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/09/2016
(Street)

WAKE FOREST, NC 27587
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/09/2016   D   10,000 (1) D $ 18.75 (2) 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Options $ 4.65 05/09/2016   D     3,000   (3) 06/01/2019 Common Stock 3,000 $ 0 0 D  
Employee Stock Options $ 9.77 05/09/2016   D     4,000   (3) 05/27/2020 Common Stock 4,000 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BRANNEN RONNIE
1609 HERITAGE COMMERCE COURT
WAKE FOREST, NC 27587
      President of Utility Infrastr.  

Signatures

 /s/ Ronnie Brannen   05/09/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 10,000 restricted shares of Common Stock as to which vesting was accelerated pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 24, 2016 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among The Southern Company, PSMS Corp. and the Issuer, pursuant to which PSMS Corp. was merged with and into the Issuer and the Issuer was the continuing corporation in the merger and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Southern Company (the "Merger").
(2) Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement. At the effective time of the Merger, each share of Issuer Common Stock was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $18.75 in cash.
(3) Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement. At the effective time of the Merger, these stock options, which were fully vested and exercisable, were cancelled and converted into the right to receive the aggregate sum in cash equal to (1) the number of stock options, multiplied by (2) the excess of $18.75 over the exercise price of the stock options.

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