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Entergy generators sustained historic electricity usage during recent cold spells

It only took a few short weeks into the new year for Entergy’s communities, customers and teams to face a brutal challenge at the hands of Mother Nature. A nationwide arctic blast ushered in snow, sleet, ice and freezing temperatures across Entergy’s service territory, yet the power grid remained resilient.

Meet the pros: Grand Gulf’s Jay Lebrun

Meet Jay Lebrun, the safety coordinator at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Miss.

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/17/24, 10 a.m.

Following the four-day winter weather event impacting our service area, the majority of our customers have been restored. Our crews continue to safely restore power to the remaining customers impacted this major winter weather system that brought extreme cold, snow and icing across parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. 

Meet the pros: Entergy’s Tim Barnes

Meet Tim Barnes, an engineering supervisor in the central design organization engineering team who has worked at Entergy Nuclear headquarters in Jackson, Miss., for more than five years.

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/16/24, 9 a.m.

A winter storm continues to impact our service area

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/15/24, 10 a.m.

A winter storm has arrived and is impacting our service area.

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/14/24, 1:30 p.m.

A winter storm will begin impacting our service area starting today. 

Meet the pros: Ashleigh Lyons

Meet Ashleigh Lyons, a project controls specialist based out of Echelon, Entergy Nuclear’s headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi, and the chairperson of her office building’s Veterans Employee Resource Group.

Entergy GridEx: Planning for the worst-case scenarios, and then some

Entergy team members train for, and have been through, some of the worst disasters to impact the communities we serve. Hurricanes, tornadoes and winter ice storms are often described as “having a mind of their own,” but advanced planning and training makes the overall response as immediate and efficient as possible.

Meet the pros: Anitra Dyer and Tonya Fitzgerald

Meet Anitra Dyer, a River Bend Station nuclear security officer who has been with the plant for 19 years, and Tonya Fitzgerald, a Grand Gulf Nuclear Station security administrative assistant who has worked there for 14 years.

Entergy’s River Bend Station employees host Livonia High School students

Community engagement is key to the plant’s long-term success

Entergy Nuclear gifts North Jackson Elementary School $10,000 grant, other donations

Principal attributes portion of school’s “A” rating to the company’s supportnEntergy Nuclear headquarters gifted North Jackson Elementary School, its local adopted school, a $10,000 grant as well as $3,921 raised by employees.

Meet the pros: River Bend Station’s Tina Lin Morton

Meet Tina Lin Morton, a senior project manager at River Bend Station in St. Francisville, La. and a Navy Veteran who served in the United States Military for 25 years.

Entergy celebrates Nuclear Science Week 2023

nTeam reaches more than 1,500 students and families with nuclear educationnNuclear Science Week is an international, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and international interests on all aspects of nuclear science.

Meet the Pros: Devin Ellis

Meet Devin Ellis, an instrumentation and controls refueling outage coordinator who has worked at Mississippi’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station for six years.
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