Power outages have many causes. Among them are falling trees, high winds, ice, equipment failure, cars running into poles and animals. Today, we’re going to talk about animals because, yes, we track these things.
It was near quitting time March 15 at the Entergy Arkansas Service Center in Mountain View when serviceman Eric Mitchell and Ethan McClung, second-year apprentice, got a call from clerk Rebecca Wilson alerting them that the Fiber Energy wood pellet factory just down the hill was on fire.
Most customers understand the necessity of tree trimming, and we appreciate that. For those who are interested in some details of how and why we trim trees, please read on:
When Terry Dickerson took a job as a janitor in Entergy Arkansas’ Gurdon office in 1981, he didn’t see himself running the place 35 years down the road. But, after several twists and turns, that’s exactly how it turned out.
State and local leaders joined executives from Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources May 29 to celebrate the commissioning of Arkansas’ largest universal solar energy project – the Stuttgart Solar Energy Center.
Social media is all about the two Cs. Generally, people are more apt to complain than offer compliments, but when the appreciation hits the screen, we like to pass it along. With that in mind:
Stephen Garrison is a senior lead engineering associate withEntergy Arkansas. He’s been a part of the Entergy family for 32 years.
There are two lucky dogs living near Emerson, Arkansas. They’re lucky Magnolia Serviceman Phillip Knapp was on the job mid-morning Feb. 22 investigating power outages on Highway 79 just after a thunderstorm passed through.
David Palmer has been promoted to director of regulatory affairs for Entergy Arkansas. He is currently the manager of that department.
Johnny Brown is a line supervisor—Searcy network for Entergy Arkansas and has been with the Entergy family for 28 years. Johnny and his wife, Kelli, have a son, Cody and daughter, Kalie.
It’s a given that Entergy employees don’t drink and drive while on the job. Since safety is a 24/7 concern, the Conway office thought it would be a good idea to put on some beer goggles – literally – for an on-the-clock reminder of the hazards of being impaired by alcohol.
Combat veteran Adam Zomant tried to tune out the sound of automatic rifle fire Wednesday morning as it echoed off the hills from nearby Camp Robinson. Now a vegetation operations coordinator based in Searcy, Zomant was one of six Entergy Arkansas vegetation management volunteers placing flags on veterans’ graves in the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock Wednesday morning.
Which would you prefer, a single four-hour power outage that you knew about two days in advance – or four 30-minute surprise outages over a period of six months?
Eugene Butler is a journeyman serviceman and has worked for Entergy Arkansas for 34 years. He and his wife Joyce live in Eudora, Arkansas. They have two grown children.
Congratulations to the Ronald McDonald House of Little Rock for earning an incentive check of $27,714 from Entergy Arkansas for saving energy. The facility, on Wolfe Street near Arkansas Children’s Hospital, upgraded indoor and outdoor lighting that will save about 164,000 kWh of power annually.