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

Hay un viejo adagio que dice: "no tener noticias es una buena noticia." Esto me vino a la mente al pensar en el reciente clima invernal que experimentamos en el sureste de Texas. Los clientes de Entergy Texas vieron temperaturas frías récord, fuertes vientos y precipitaciones invernales. Lo que los clientes de Entergy Texas no vieron fue la necesidad de apagones temporales o la necesidad de que los clientes conservaran la energía. Todo ello a pesar de que nuestros clientes alcanzaron niveles de consumo eléctrico cercanos a los máximos históricos. Y aunque cualquier corte de electricidad es indeseable, ningún cliente de Entergy Texas sufrió un corte de más de 24 horas.

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.

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.

It’s more important now than ever to strengthen and modernize the U.S. power grid as severe weather events become more frequent and intense.