Entries by Cameron Wilson

Entergy Mississippi January winter storm update – 1/28/2026, 8 p.m.

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Entergy Mississippi is taking to the skies flying drones and helicopters up to 5,000 feet in the air—more than three times the height of the Empire State Building in New York City—to better help scan our region for damages, improving the speed in which we can restore power for our customers. These efforts are part of our team’s continued focus on restoring power after winter weather blanketed significant parts of our service territory with freezing rain and ice last weekend. 

Entergy celebrates Nuclear Science Week 2025

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Team reaches more than 1,200 students and families with nuclear education 

Nuclear Science Week is an international, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and international interests on all aspects of nuclear science. 

Meet the pros: Daniel Smith

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Daniel Smith is a hardworking instrumentation and controls technician at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. If you were to ask his fellow coworkers if he knew the value of teamwork, they would say, “Yes, of course.” But after this experience, Smith would not be so sure. 

Meet the pros: Tyler Nye

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Meet Tyler Nye, an incident response specialist lead at our headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana, who has played a key role in supporting Entergy’s readiness and response efforts, including serving as the program administrator for the storm manager application.

Entergy pioneers new damage assessment collection tool

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In July, Entergy joined other coastal utilities at a symposium hosted by the Edison Electric Institute to discuss hurricane preparedness and recovery with members of Congress on Capitol Hill. The company demonstrated one of its newest innovations: the Damage Assessment Collection Tool, or DACT, a tool that allows field crews to log storm damage directly into a mobile app using a phone or tablet.

Entergy forges pathway for future engineers

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For many team members, the phrase “always learning” is a mantra in most daily conversations, but seeing this value being taught to the future engineers of tomorrow is an important one to witness. Recently, students from the Madison Central High School Academy of Engineering were able to visit Entergy facilities and take full advantage of their partnership with the company.