As hurricane season approaches, Entergy New Orleans continues to strengthen our readiness efforts to help protect customers and communities across the region. Recently, we conducted our annual regional Metro Storm Drill, a comprehensive preparedness exercise designed to enhance coordination, improve operational response and reinforce safety protocols ahead of severe weather events.

The full-day drill brought together employees from across the enterprise, including operations, customer service, engineering, incident response, and leadership, for a structured series of simulated storm scenarios, briefings, and planning sessions. Participants reviewed storm-specific duties and responsibilities while working through simulated hurricane scenarios that tested emergency procedures, communication processes and decision-making capabilities.

“Our goal during the storm prep drills is to share important information, address questions, provide clarity, and cultivate the skillset to respond as one unit in order to execute a safe restoration,” said Dan Calamari, vice president of reliability at Entergy New Orleans. “Severe weather is impacting the Gulf Coast region with greater frequency and intensity, and we are proactively adapting our planning and response models to meet this evolving risk environment.”

The annual drill is part of our broader strategy to proactively prepare for increasingly frequent and intense severe weather events impacting the Gulf South region. Through these exercises, we evaluate and strengthen our emergency response plans while integrating lessons learned from previous storms.

This commitment to excellence has been recognized at the national level. Entergy recently received our 51st Emergency Response Award from the Edison Electric Institute, a testament to the company’s sustained leadership in storm response across the industry.

The Metro Storm Drill demonstrates our dedication to preparedness and resilience. Through early planning and teamwork, Entergy New Orleans ensures safe, reliable service during hurricane season and beyond.