At Entergy, every employee has a designated role during a response, and whether it’s a minor disruption or a major event, each role is critical to helping us restore power as safely and as quickly as possible. In this edition of Meet the Pros, we are taking a closer look at the people and roles behind the scenes that are needed to help crews successfully restore power after a storm.
Meet Austyn Hildebrandt-Farmer, manager of real-time operations in the energy market operations department within the system planning and operations organization, based in The Woodlands, Texas.
Meet Jason Otwell, manager of distribution advanced network planning in the System Planning and Operations organization, based in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Meet Brittney Powell, manager of fuel supply operations in the System Planning and Operations department, based in The Woodlands, Texas.
When winter storms swept across the region this January, Entergy faced a challenging restoration effort in historic conditions. Ryder Miller, senior staff HR business partner at Entergy, was deployed to the Ike Hamilton staging site in West Monroe, Louisiana — one of the hardest hit regions of the storm.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, located in Port Gibson, Mississippi, is the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the United States. For 40 years, this facility continues to power nearly one million homes across the region with approximately 1,500 megawatts of electricity.
As Darren Cox held his newborn child in his arms for the first time, he didn’t anticipate that less than a month later, he’d be leaving his home for days on end—working through snow, ice and freezing temperatures to restore power to our customers across our region. For Entergy Mississippi lineworkers like Darren, this is what service looks like when severe weather strikes.
When severe weather hits, the Rolling Fork community knows it can count on Entergy Mississippi. This small Delta town has faced extraordinary challenges in recent years, and its spirit of resilience shines through every storm.
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.
Arkansas Nuclear One employees demonstrated their commitment to supporting local families this holiday season in a big way. In just two weeks, our employees raised an incredible $6,927.62 to support the River Valley Food 4 Kids organization and help ease food insecurity across our shared community.