David Ellis, president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans, discussed Entergy’s partnership with the United Negro College Fund for a segment highlighted this spring at the annual UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball—a signature fundraising gala honoring local supporters.
Entergy New Orleans is hopeful that its proposed approach, or the Path to Progress, will afford the Company and the Council an opportunity to work collaboratively to address the needs of the communities served.
Lonnie Hamilton has been driving boats all his life — a skill that’s handy in the Bayou State, where there’s way more water than land.
A workforce of more than 3,900 Entergy scouts, line crews and contractors are continuing to perform damage assessments and restoration where it is safe to do so as Barry, which made landfall yesterday as a Category 1 hurricane, continues a northerly track through Louisiana.
Barry, which briefly became a Category 1 hurricane Saturday before being downgraded to a tropical storm, continues to crawl across Louisiana, delivering heavy rains, high winds, coastal flooding and power outages. As of 6:30 p.m. Saturday, approximately 63,500 customers were without power across the state.
South Louisiana is starting to feel the impacts of Tropical Storm Barry. The storm is expected to make landfall on Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane. The greatest threat from Barry remains significant flooding over parts of southern Louisiana. We are prepared to respond to widespread outages from this weather system, which is currently forecast to bring strong winds, heavy rains, higher tides and coastal flooding to the state.
Entergy’s Louisiana utilities are prepared to respond to the potential of widespread outages from Tropical Storm Barry, which according to the National Hurricane Center is forecast to bring strong winds, heavy rains, higher tides and coastal flooding to the state.
Entergy is monitoring the potential tropical system and is prepared for the challenges this storm may bring to Louisiana. We’re Storm Ready and encourage our customers to make sure they’re Storm Ready, too.
Entergy’s team came out strong for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic, with 132 employees and family members from around southeastern Louisiana participating in the 41st annual event on Saturday, April 20 in New Orleans.
Earth Day events at Dillard University proved to be ideal opportunities for Entergy employees to promote Entergy programs while improving their community and the environment.
Hurricane season starts June 1. And although slightly below-normal activity is predicted this year, we know that it only takes one storm to affect our customers. Entergy is ready to safely and quickly restore power should a tropical system head our way.
Entergy New Orleans is coordinating its second annual The Power to Care Golf Tournament on Monday, May 13 at City Park’s Bayou Oaks South Course. Presented this year by Burns & McDonnell, the tournament will be hosted by the New Orleans Council on Aging, which administers The Power to Care program in Orleans Parish.
Energy Smart is a local energy-efficiency program that helps New Orleans electric customers save energy and money. Through the program, which was developed by the New Orleans City Council and is administered by Entergy New Orleans, residential customers can get free home-energy assessments and valuable rebates on a variety of upgrades.
The innovative educational program that debuted at Hamilton on Broadway continued in New Orleans on March 29, when more than 2,600 students and teachers from 41 high schools attended a matinee performance of the musical at the Saenger Theatre. The Hamilton producers made tickets for this educational partnership available for $70, $60 of which was subsidized in part by a grant from Entergy Corporation.
The sought-after throws! The big beads! New cups for the cabinets! That can mean only one thing… Carnival time is here!