Louisiana has earned Business Facilities’ Platinum Deal of the Year for the second consecutive year, with Hyundai Steel’s $5.8 billion investment in Ascension Parish recognized as the nation’s most significant development announcement of 2025. With this selection, Louisiana becomes the first in the award’s history to receive consecutive Platinum honors.

Entergy Mississippi demolished key large structures at the retired Baxter Wilson Steam Electric Station near Vicksburg Dec. 17. Once cleared, the site will become the home of the new Vicksburg Advanced Power Station, an advanced natural gas power plant under construction and expected to be operational in August 2028.

Entergy Louisiana officially cut the ribbon on its new Sterlington Solar Facility in Ouachita Parish. This milestone marks the dawn of a cleaner, more sustainable era in a place deeply rooted in Entergy’s history.