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Entergy advocates for vulnerable customers during LIHEAP Action Day on Capitol Hill

Feb 20, 2024/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

This month, 20 representatives from Entergy, alongside our invaluable community partners and customers, joined advocates in Washington, D.C. to participate in LIHEAP Action Day. This national event, organized by the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition, serves as a platform to engage and educate policymakers about the critical importance of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

Entergy employees honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and fight food insecurity in our communities

Feb 14, 2024/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

Recently, Entergy employees came together to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in a series of events across our service areas to support our communities in need. With a shared commitment to giving back, our employees joined forces with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Healthy and packed 200,000 meals that will be distributed to Louisiana families struggling with food insecurity. This collective effort not only allowed us to achieve our goal of assisting our customers, neighbors and families in need but also had a significant impact on addressing hunger in Louisiana.

Entergy brightens customers’ spirits this holiday through its annual “Operation Secret Santa”

Dec 21, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

Entergy recently spread some holiday cheer through our annual initiative called “Operation Secret Santa.” Lucky first-in-line customers at our Canal Street Customer Care Center got their bills paid through Santa and The Power to Care, which is part of our low-income bill assistance program.

Entergy employees spread holiday cheer at The Times-Picayune Doll and Toy Fund annual gift giveaway

Dec 19, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

This holiday season, Entergy employees helped spread cheer at The Times-Picayune Doll and Toy Fund annual gift giveaway in New Orleans. Celebrating its 128th year, the event donates toys to thousands of kids and families in need. Entergy has been one of the lead sponsors of this event since 2016.

Entergy provides free legal assistance to vulnerable community members during second Pro Bono Day

Dec 15, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

For the second year in a row, Entergy participated in EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day, an industry-wide service day that we helped found to provide pro bono legal support for low-income, vulnerable community members in electric companies’ service areas. The event was launched in 2022 by the Pro Bono Institute in partnership with Entergy’s legal department and the Edison Electric Institute. The event serves to spotlight the need to increase access to justice by providing legal services to marginalized communities and promote in-house pro bono collaboration with law firms and legal services organizations.

Entergy’s pro bono team helps Afghan refugee family seek asylum

Nov 29, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

This year, Entergy’s pro bono team successfully assisted an Afghan refugee family in their pursuit of immigration asylum in the United States. In 2021, the parents and their young child were forced to flee their homeland amid the escalating conflict and insecurity that ensued as U.S. military forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban retook control of the country.

Entergy joins conversation with New Orleans leaders on enhancing the US power grid

Oct 11, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

nRecently, Entergy partnered with the news website Axios for an inaugural event marking the online publication’s expansion into the New Orleans media market. During the program, Entergy Chairman and CEO Drew Marsh joined key New Orleans leaders and policymakers to discuss best strategies to modernize the United States power grid, accelerate the clean energy transition and improve energy reliability and resilience.

Entergy celebrates educators, invests $2.2M in students’ future at the Fried Chicken Festival

Oct 9, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

A finger lickin’ success for education initiatives in Orleans ParishnThis year’s National Fried Chicken Festival brought together thousands of people around a shared love of great food, music and culture – and amongst many of those festivalgoers were public school educators.

Entergy recognized as a 2023 Top Workplace in New Orleans

Jul 24, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate recently recognized Entergy as a 2023 Top Workplace for its continued commitment to a positive work environment, employee welfare, career development and advancement opportunities throughout the company. “We are proud to call New Orleans home to both our company and the more than 2,900 Entergy employees that live and work across the region. We are thrilled to once again receive this recognition as we continue on our path to becoming the premier utility,” said Deanna Rodriguez, president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans. “Employees join our customers at the top of our list of stakeholders, and we know that we can’t provide the best possible service unless our employees are happy and fulfilled.”

Employees participate in simulation to better understand poverty challenges faced by customers

Jul 13, 2023/in Blog post/by Cristina del Canto

Recently, Entergy hosted a poverty simulation for over 70 employees where they stepped into the shoes of customers living with limited incomes. The simulation offered a first-person view of the obstacles faced by residents living with little means in our service area of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

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Entergy provides free legal assistance to vulnerable community members during second Pro Bono Day

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