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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.

‘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.

Engineering expertise enhances public safety, grid stability during 2011 Mississippi River flood
“The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.” – Mark Twain

Entergy Mississippi powers life in Winona after tornado destroys substation
A customized mobile substation gets power back to customers as safely and quickly as possible.nBefore power makes it down distribution lines and into homes, a substation is required to transform voltage to a usable level for safe delivery throughout a community. But in Winona, Mississippi, the substation that usually powers the town was destroyed when catastrophic weather swept through the area last week. Luckily, the brilliant technology of a mobile substation will serve Winona while crews rebuild the permanent substation.

First clean air breaker on Entergy’s system energized in Vicksburg
Project is another step toward company’s sustainability effortsnWhen Entergy Mississippi crews installed a high-voltage clean air circuit breaker at one of our Vicksburg, Mississippi substations late last year, two companies reached milestones. The equipment installation was a first for Entergy’s four-state service area and the second U.S. dead-tank BLUE Circuit BreakerTM installment in the country for the manufacturer, Siemens Energy.

Entergy Mississippi, Siemens Energy work to create cleaner power grid
First clean air breaker on Entergy’s system energized in Vicksburg

Optimizing space to accelerate innovation (InnoLead podcast)
At Entergy, we're on a mission to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders: customers, employees, communities and owners. That's why, in 2019, we launched an innovation center that's dedicated to addressing customer frictions by bringing to market new products and services that improve the lives of all our stakeholders.

Planning today for your power tomorrow
At Entergy Mississippi we think a lot about the future. Why? Because we are not only tasked by the State of Mississippi with providing you power today, but also with having plans in place to ensure you have safe, reliable and affordable power years from now.

Entergy Mississippi opens corporation’s first electric vehicle fast chargers
Pilot project will help assess how electric vehicle growth impacts the power grid

City, Entergy New Orleans Complete First Installation of Public Electric Vehicle Chargers
The City of New Orleans, in partnership with Entergy New Orleans, today announced the launch of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Program, featuring free stations for public use that will be installed across the city.