Entergy Mississippi is investing in the future of higher education and workforce development by awarding $20,000 in STEM scholarships to four outstanding students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, and partner institutions across Mississippi.
New revenues from Mississippi data centers, like Amazon’s, are a primary reason why Entergy Mississippi customers won’t see their rates increase this summer.
Progress continued yesterday in the outage restoration from Thursday through Sunday morning weather impacts to the Entergy Mississippi service territory. In total, approximately 75,000 outages have occurred during these weather fronts with nearly 99% restored.
Restoration efforts are continuing from Thursday through Sunday morning weather impacts to the territory. In total with the latest round of weather, early morning today, approximately 75,000 outages have occurred during these weather fronts with approximately 95% restored.
Crews continue restoration efforts, even as additional severe weather has impacted Entergy Mississippi’s service area. In total, approximately 75,000 outages have occurred and we have restored power for 93% of customers.
Overnight thunderstorms Thursday evening and Friday afternoon brought heavy rains, strong, gusty high winds, and lighting strikes into our service territory resulting in outages and damages to our facilities.
This summer, community partners across Entergy Mississippi’s service area are giving away fans, water and other items to help customers stay cool as the summer heats up, funded by $27,500 in Beat the Heat grants the company awarded recently to several organizations.
Upgrade your home’s comfort and reduce energy use with Entergy Mississippi’s Entergy Solutions programs.
Joseph Wiggs, plant manager at Hinds Energy Facility, saved a man’s life at a restaurant by performing the Heimlich maneuver, earning the President’s Lifesaving Award for his heroic actions and emergency medical training.
Entergy Mississippi is preparing for severe weather related to Tropical Storm Arthur as it moves through the central and southern parts of the state over the next 24 hours. The storm is expected to bring thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to our service area. Entergy crews are ready to respond quickly and safely.
Entergy Mississippi joined community leaders, elected officials and regional partners to celebrate a landmark moment in the Clinton’s history: a $1 billion investment that will transform the long-vacant former Delphi manufacturing facility into a state-of-the-art data center.
Nine communities in Entergy Mississippi’s service area will receive the company’s annual economic development grant to help boost business growth in their communities. The grants mark the 10th year of awards from the company’s Excellerator Competitive Communities program. The program helps communities within Entergy’s service area expand and attract new businesses and jobs.
Significant progress has been made in outage restoration from the overnight thunderstorms. At the peak that occurred at 9:15 p.m. last night, we had 5.514 customers without power. As of 6:00 p.m., approximately 1,085 customers are without power from this event.
At a time when affordability is on everyone’s minds, Entergy Mississippi offers customers several no-cost programs that can help seal the gaps in your house and reduce your electricity usage. Through our independent trade allies, Entergy Solutions provides energy audits, weatherization and performance improvements for your HVAC system such as duct sealing and HVAC tune-ups.
Entergy Mississippi has promoted two members of its economic development team and added two new team members to the organization. The company also reorganized the group to ensure a premier customer service experience to our large industrial customers and other businesses in the state.