• Entergy has reduced the rate of lost-work-day incidents continually since 1998.
• For 2007 Entergy’s Safety performance was in the top 10% of the Southwest Electric Safety Exchange, Southeastern Electric Exchange and the Organization Resources Counselors.
• As of year-end 2008, 60 Entergy work sites had earned Star status under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program (OSHA VPP), the highest possible safety rating for an industrial work site.
• Entergy’s hurricane recovery efforts in 2008 were the safest ever in our company’s history. Compared to the restoration effort in 2005 following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we improved our safety performance in every measure. Reportable incidents dropped by 56 percent and there were no fatalities even though we worked slightly more man-hours during the recovery efforts following hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
• Entergy’s Fossil organization turned in a stellar safety performance in 2008 with no lost-time or restricted duty accidents.  

• Entergy’s sound ethical principles, along with its innovative initiatives in the community, have propelled the company to the forefront of the industry.
• Our adherence to our values has earned us respect and a reputation as a company that improves its community.
• In 2008, for the second year in a row, Entergy was named to the Forbes list of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies for its corporate governance practices and accounting transparency.
• Doing the right thing, such as braving the elements, can be tough. But we do it every time, as evidenced by Entergy’s winning an Edison Electric Institute award for Emergency Response or Emergency Assistance for 11 straight years. It is the only utility in the country to do so.

• Improvements to Entergy’s distribution and transmission infrastructure since 1998 have resulted in a 47 percent reduction in frequency of outages and a 22 percent decrease in the length of outages.
• Entergy’s employees and contractors executed the safest and fastest storm restoration effort in the company’s history following two back-to-back hurricanes that struck within a two-week period in 2008.
• Entergy is recognized as a leader in safe, effective storm restoration. We received both the Edison Electric Institute Emergency Assistance Award and the Emergency Recovery Award for our response to 2008 storms. In fact, Entergy is the only utility to have received either the Assistance or Recovery Award every year since 1999, the first year the awards were presented .

• In 2009 Entergy employees and retirees logged more than 68,697 volunteer hours.
• Entergy and its Charitable Foundation awarded grants totaling $15.9 million to almost 3,000 nonprofit organizations in 2008.
• Entergy along with its employees and customers raised more than $2.3 million in local bill payment assistance funds in 2008.
• In 2009, Entergy was one of only two U.S. utility companies selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, and was named to the North American Index for the eighth consecutive year. Entergy was the only U.S. utility on the World Index in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes follow a best-in-class approach and include sustainability leaders from each industry on a global and regional level. The annual review is based on a comprehensive analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance that assesses issues such as corporate governance, risk management, climate change mitigation, supply chain standards and labor practices.
• Entergy is the second cleanest utility generator among the top 10 generators and was the first U.S. utility to voluntarily stabilize greenhouse gas emissions.
   

• Entergy offers a competitive total rewards package of compensation and benefits, and pays for performance through incentive plans and merit pay increases.
• Entergy helps employees prepare for the future through retirement and savings plans and student scholarships.
• Entergy invests in an employee development program that encourages employees to create career plans for accomplishing their goals through continuing education, specialized training, cross-training opportunities and special team projects.
• Entergy promotes an inclusive work environment through more than 20 diversity and inclusion councils and employee-initiated affinity groups.

• In 2003 Entergy won the highest award given to a utility company, the Global Power Company of the Year award. BusinessWeek said Entergy has created “one of the nation’s most efficient and safest fleets of nuclear energy plants.”
• With Katrina bearing down, we lived our safety-first operating philosophy. Entergy shut down its Waterford 3 nuclear plant 25 miles west of New Orleans sooner than procedures required, just to make sure the reactor was safe.
• In 2007, Entergy Nuclear received one of the first early site permits in the country from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a possible new nuclear unit at the Grand Gulf site in Mississippi.
• We are the first company to commit to preparing two combined Construction and Operating Licenses for new nuclear plants at two different sites – through NuStart Energy Development LLC at Grand Gulf and River Bend Station near St. Francisville, La.

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Quick Facts

• Entergy employs approximately 14,700 people.
• Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity.
• Entergy is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States.
• Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
• Entergy supplies natural gas to approximately 184,000 customers in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
• Entergy operates a system composed of more than 15,500 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 1,550 transmission substations.
• Entergy is a Fortune 500 company with revenues of more than $13 billion in 2008.
• Entergy and its Charitable Foundation awarded grants totaling $15.9 million to almost 3,000 nonprofit organizations in 2008.

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