Meet the pros: Spencer Smith
At Entergy, every employee has a designated role during a storm 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.
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Meet the pros: Chris Moody
Meet Chris Moody, project manager for commercial and support operations in the system planning and operations organization, based in The Woodlands, Texas.
Meet the pros: Denise Gordon
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 the pros: Austyn Hildebrandt-Farmer
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 the pros: Jason Otwell
Meet Jason Otwell, manager of distribution advanced network planning in the System Planning and Operations organization, based in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Meet the pros: Brittney Powell
Meet Brittney Powell, manager of fuel supply operations in the System Planning and Operations department, based in The Woodlands, Texas.
Behind the scenes at Ike Hamilton: Entergy’s largest storm staging site
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.
Get a sneak peek inside Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
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.
Behind the scenes of the restoration: Battling the winter weather
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.
How resilient infrastructure rises to the test in Rolling Fork
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.