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Entergy Mississippi names 2025 economic development grant winners

Nine communities in Entergy Mississippi’s service area will receive the company’s annual economic development grant to help boost business growth in their communities. This year, the program is awarding $70,000 in grants to support digital marketing, site development and economic development training.

Entergy named a top utility in economic development for 17th consecutive year

For the 17th year in a row, Site Selection magazine has recognized Entergy Corporation as a top utility for driving economic growth in the communities we serve. In 2023, Entergy Mississippi helped secure $171 million in capital investments and create approximately 405 new jobs through announced economic development projects.

2024: A historic year in review

It’s been a remarkable year for Entergy Mississippi and its customers. As it comes to a close, we’re looking at the top stories that shaped our 2024.

Entergy Mississippi to build first new power station in 50 years

By replacing older power plants with more advanced and efficient technology, Entergy Mississippi is producing more electricity from the same amount of fuel while significantly reducing carbon emissions.

Entergy Mississippi’s annual economic development grants awarded to five communities

This year, the program is awarding nearly $50,000 in grants to support digital marketing and economic development training.

Mississippi leads the Southeastern region into new economic era

An electrifying spirit filled the air at the Madison County Mega Site on May 20. After years of preparation and collaboration with Entergy Mississippi, and local and state leadership, Amazon Web Services officially broke ground on the single largest capital investment in state history.

$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.

AWS is a WIN for Mississippi and our customers

Entergy Mississippi customers are very familiar with our company’s role: generating and transmitting power to their homes and businesses 24/7. What they may not know is that we bring more than just electricity to Mississippi. We bring jobs, too.

Historic $10B planned investment to benefit Entergy Mississippi customers

Amazon Web Services’ plans will support long-term power reliability, affordabilitynn

The power to grow Mississippi

This article was updated in January 2024 to include Amazon Web Service's announcement of a $10 billion investment in Mississippi.
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