As I sit here on the couch with my laptop and drink a cold soda, the TV humming in the background and my ceiling fan cooling my sweaty self after hanging holiday lights, I am keenly aware of all the electricity I’m using.
Sixty-year-old Barry Shuster arrived at his machinery operations job one morning in May, only to receive an unexpected pink slip. The company he worked for had gone out of business.
Whether it’s helping developers create new neighborhoods, assisting businesses find local properties for their next venture or simply keeping the lights on for residents, the Navasota Grimes County Chamber of Commerce said Entergy Texas has been instrumental in helping to support the growing region.
Huge metal boxes filled with tubing that will ultimately generate steam for the Montgomery County Power Station are so big that it takes three giant cranes working in unison to lift each one into place.
Entergy Texas, Inc. has been named a Customer Champion in the Cogent Reports 2018 Utility Trusted Brand & Customer EngagementTM Business study.
For research associate and intern Jake Ballard of Liberty, Texas, working in the wilderness is what he lives for.
Entergy Texas customers are receiving free tax preparation during tax season, resulting in the return of millions of dollars to customers who qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC). Mark Delavan, program manager with the Entergy Solutions energy efficiency program, is one of the company’s volunteer tax preparers and shared his insights into his experiences.
Planting thousands of trees and keeping hogs, disease and invasive plants from ruining the young forest is a tough job – especially in scorching heat and muddy conditions. But thanks to an environmental grant from Entergy Texas, Inc., the Trinity River Wildlife Refuge is able to do just that.
Hearing news of a cancer diagnosis can be one of the darkest moments in life. But thanks to the hard work of employees, Entergy Texas helped bring light to the darkness by supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2018 Light the Night Walk, held at Town Green park in The Woodlands. Our employee fundraising campaign raised $72,943.89, far exceeding the original goal of $50,000.
While the costs of goods or services like gasoline and cell phones have increased faster than the rate of inflation, Entergy rates have not.
Recently, crews began installation of equipment to support the communications network for Entergy Texas’ advanced metering. As advanced metering rolls out system wide over the next several years, similar equipment will be going up on poles around the Entergy footprint about three to six months prior to meters being replaced in a given area.
When lineman Clayton Shafer reported for work Monday at the Conroe Service Center, he wasn’t aware of Hurricane Michael barreling toward the Florida Gulf Coast, much less that he would be on his way to Georgia to restore power following the Category 4 hurricane.
When it comes to saving energy, six Entergy customers are seeing green.
During the day, a large lot at Totran Transportation Services in Conroe looks like an expansive football field for parking heavy-haul trucks and trailers. But at night, the gravel parking lot lights up like Friday Night Lights on the big screen.
Cody Shelton, utility foreman for Entergy Texas in Conroe, perpetuates Entergy Texas’ focus on safety.