Tag Archive for: Grid modernization

Savings and successes: Entergy Mississippi’s reliability wins
Providing customers with power they can depend on, at a price they can afford is a longstanding mission of Entergy Mississippi. Data shows the efforts the company has put forth to maintain reliability and affordability over the years have yielded great results – allowing more investment in infrastructure and better performance.

Entergy Texas hosts inaugural Southeast Texas Energy Leadership Summit
The event united local, state and national leaders to explore the region’s ever-growing energy needs.

Phase one of Entergy Louisiana’s comprehensive grid resilience plan approved by LPSC
2,100 projects aimed at reducing restoration costs and enabling faster community recovery following storms.

Energy for a better future: Entergy releases 2023 Performance Report
Today, Entergy announced its 2023 Performance Report, titled “Energy for a better future.” This detailed report integrates a comprehensive overview of the company's 2023 achievements, including financial results with economic, environmental, governance, and social performance and impacts. Entergy’s strategic approach, outlined in the report, is designed to drive growth, enhance sustainability and build a more resilient system for the benefit of all our stakeholders.

$37M substation enhances reliability in northwest Mississippi
The Snowden Park Substation enhances reliability for the existing transmission and distribution systems by providing capacity for future residential, commercial and industrial growth in DeSoto County.

Entergy improving electric system in Ponchatoula through substation expansion
Entergy Louisiana is expanding a substation in Ponchatoula along Highway 22 to improve the electric system that serves approximately 18,000 residential and business customers in the area, including a local hospital.

Reflecting on 100 years in business, Entergy Mississippi is planning for another successful century
One of the oldest power generation companies in America, Entergy Mississippi, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023. The organization began as The Mississippi Power & Light Company in 1923, with a handful of municipal electric systems. Today, it serves over 450,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 45 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.

Crews upgrading more than six miles of power lines in Vacherie
Entergy Louisiana crews and contractors have been working to improve the electric system for approximately 1,900 residential and business customers in the Vacherie area.

Entergy Mississippi is focused on reliability
Our customers depend on our reliable service. They want to know that every time that light switch is flipped, a room will be lit. We’re proving our commitment to reliability by modernizing our grid.

Entergy responds to 1970s energy crisis with heightened focus on long-term sustainability
Ask anyone who lived through the 1970s what they remember about the energy crisis, and you’ll hear some common themes: The oil embargo and skyrocketing fuel prices. Panic over gasoline shortages and long lines at the pump. Energy conservation mandates and growing concerns over America’s dependence on foreign oil.

Entergy, UNO partner for the future through innovative wind energy program
Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans recently announced a partnership with The University of New Orleans and The Beach at UNO to develop an innovation program to further develop renewable energy in our region through an initiative called, the Louisiana Wind Energy Hub’s Wind Scholars Program.

Entergy Texas’ Bolivar Peninsula Reliability Project moves to next phase of construction
The next phase of construction includes installing utility poles and lines, building new distribution lines and setting the foundation for new substation sites.

Building resilience into Baton Rouge
Nick White and Austin Eknoian are Entergy Louisiana lineworkers who live and work in Baton Rouge. They and their coworkers like George Redd and Logan Byrd, field engineers, are helping keep the lights on and build resilience into the electric system serving the Capital City.

Population growth sparks North Mississippi grid upgrades
If there’s one thing Entergy Mississippi loves to see in our communities, it’s growth. With DeSoto County being thefastest growingcounty in Mississippi, we know our job as a reliable utility is more important than ever for customers in the northern part of the state. It’s why the company has poured $4.8 million into strengthening the grid and increasing load capacity in and around Lewisburg.

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.
