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Hancock Whitney, Entergy announce new relationship to expand business resources to diverse business

Hancock Whitney today announced a strategic relationship with Entergy focusing on supporting entrepreneurial and small business success for diverse and local business owners. The initiative brings together Hancock Whitney’s Small Business Matters program and Entergy’s supplier diversity and inclusion team to enhance financial resilience and business development opportunities for diverse and local businesses.

Entergy named a top utility in economic development for 16th consecutive year

In 2022, Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana helped secure approximately $16.2 billion in capital investments and created nearly 18,000 new jobs within Louisiana.

Entergy Mississippi strengthens commitment to community growth

As vice president, Gardner will expand on his current work fostering economic growth in Entergy Mississippi’s service territory through collaborative business development efforts with state and local allies. He and his team will work with elected officials and economic developers to attract national and international businesses to Mississippi and assist those already located in the state to expand.

Entergy again named a top utility in economic development

For the 16th consecutive year, Entergy has been recognized as a top utility for economic growth and development

Still helping build Arkansas

Nearly 110 years ago, Harvey Crowley Couch (1877-1941) founded Arkansas Power Company with the mission to bring dependable and affordable distributed electricity to Arkansas. Though much has changed in the last century, that mission remains the same: Entergy Arkansas’ commitment to powering life throughout the state with reliable, diverse energy sources is stronger than ever.

Entergy named a top utility in economic development for 16th consecutive year

For 16 consecutive years, Site Selection magazine has recognized Entergy as a top utility for economic growth in the communities we serve, which include some of the largest and most power-intensive industries in the United States. In 2022, we helped secure $37 billion in capital investments and create nearly 23,000 new jobs within our four-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

Entergy, local officials and community leaders celebrate opening of new service center in Broussard

Entergy Louisiana representatives, local officials and community leaders gathered today in Broussard to celebrate the opening of a new operations hub aimed at providing exceptional electric service to Acadiana customers.

Lester and Gurtowski join Entergy Mississippi’s economic development team

Entergy Mississippi recently welcomed two new members to its economic development team. Stacy Lester and Lauren Gurtowski have joined the team’s effort to assist Mississippi communities expand and attract new business.

‘Total Electric’ housing market paves way to modern living

There was a time when a “total electric” home sounded like science fiction. But with the growing availability of electric appliances in the 1950s—including heat pumps and water heaters—Mississippi Power & Light’s new marketing department made total electric homes the literal gold standard for customers in Mississippi.

Entergy completes Mud Lake to Big Lake transmission project in southwest Louisiana

Entergy Louisiana recently completed construction of a transmission project that adds resiliency and increases reliability to the electrical grid in southwest Louisiana. The completion of this project will also help attract new economic development projects to the region and benefit existing residential, commercial and industrial customers in the area.
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