Leadership
Curt L. Hébert, Jr., Executive Vice President, External Affairs
Curt L. Hébert, Jr. joined Entergy Corporation as Executive Vice President,
External Affairs on September 1, 2001 after a lengthy career in public service
as an energy regulator at both the federal and state levels.
His responsibilities include oversight of the company’s system and federal
government relations, system regulatory affairs, external and internal
communications, corporate contributions, and environmental policy. He serves
as a member of the Office of Chief Executive and reports to Entergy’s Chairman
& CEO, J. Wayne Leonard.
Prior to joining Entergy, Hébert served four years as a presidential appointee
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was named to a Republican seat
on FERC by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and was elevated to chairman
by President George W. Bush in January, 2001. He resigned from the commission
August 31, 2001 to accept his Entergy position. FERC is an independent federal
commission that, among its duties, regulates the sale of electric power
intended for resale and transmission, the transportation of natural gas in
interstate commerce, the siting and construction of natural gas pipelines, and
the licensing and development of private hydroelectric projects on navigable
waters. During Hébert’s service as a member and later chairman, FERC was
active in the restructuring of the electric utility and natural gas pipeline
industries to promote competition.
Before going to Washington, Hébert was chairman of the Mississippi Public
Service Commission and a leader of the Mississippi Legislature. His public
service began with his 1987 election to the Mississippi House of
Representatives, where he served until 1992. During that time he chaired both
the House Oil and Gas Committee and the House Ways and Means Severance
Subcommittee. In 1992 Hébert was appointed by Governor Kirk Fordice to the
Mississippi Public Service Commission. At age 29 he was the youngest public
service commissioner in the nation and the youngest in Mississippi’s history.
He was elected to a second term on the commission in 1995 and served as the
commission’s chairman in 1994-96. Hébert is a former president of the
Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and a former
member of the executive committee of the National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners.
Hébert, a native of Pascagoula, Miss., has completed the Nuclear Reactor
Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received a
bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a
juris doctorate from Mississippi College School of Law. In 2000, Hébert was
named a Bonbright Honoree by the University of Georgia, College of Business.
He is a member of Mississippi Bar and the Federal Energy Bar Association.
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