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

November 20, 2023

In 2022, Entergy Mississippi helped secure $808 million in capital investments and create nearly 1,050 new jobs within Mississippi.

Transmission system upholds heroic legacy of service

November 16, 2023

Entergy Mississippi’s electric transmission system is a lot like a superhero—a sprawling, tireless giant equipped to move massive amounts of power for long distances over land and water at the speed of light.

Correro shatters glass ceiling as president and CEO of Entergy Mississippi

October 19, 2023

In 1999, Entergy Mississippi achieved a historic milestone in diversity when Carolyn (Shanks) Correro was named president and chief executive officer, becoming the first woman to lead an Entergy operating company.

Customer service is ‘part of everything we do’

October 12, 2023

The founding of Entergy Mississippi in 1923 marked a transformative new era for Mississippians, many of whom were receiving electrical service for the first time.

Entergy Mississippi to replace wooden transmission poles across service territory

October 6, 2023

When you flip a lightswitch to “on,” you expect the light to come on. You probably don’t consider how the power got to your house or how far it had to travel to reach you. At Entergy Mississippi, we think about it all day, every day so that it will be there when you flip that switch.

Entergy Mississippi supports arts, education and economic development with two major gifts

October 5, 2023

This year, Entergy Mississippi celebrates 100 years of operation in the state and a century of investing in the communities in which we live, serve and work through our support of education and the arts. A leader in helping advance support for education and workforce development in this state from early childhood to K-12 and post-secondary classrooms, the company has remained steadfast in our efforts to fund programs that help children and adults receive the education and training they need to flourish.

Education and workforce development go hand-in-hand in building a better future for Mississippi

October 5, 2023

Starting a century ago with a handful of consulting engineers in Jackson, Entergy now employs more than 2,500 diversely skilled employees in Mississippi who focus every day on powering life for customers and communities.

Sustainability defines Entergy Mississippi’s past and future

September 28, 2023

For Entergy Mississippi, it was a commitment to the future that rooted the company in sustainability. During MP&L’s annual meeting in 1970, President Donald Lutken appealed to the audience to “gear up for a new era” of community service and development, with special emphasis on meeting the “environmental demands of our times.”

How the 1956 Public Utilities Act brought order to energy in Mississippi

September 21, 2023

In the early days of electrification in Mississippi, the landscape was different in every sense of the word. There was no rulebook governing business growth, and the proliferation of poles and stacked power lines crisscrossing overhead were a product of the era’s lack of regulated utility planning.

Grand Gulf’s safe operating record is a Mississippi success story

September 7, 2023

For nearly 40 years, Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson has generated safe, clean, carbon-free, affordable energy that supplies almost one fifth of Mississippi’s electricity while serving as one of the largest non-carbon-emitting power plants in the world.