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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation's sustainable practices in the areas of economic, environmental and social performance in 2011 resulted in its inclusion in two premiere leadership indices. Entergy (NYSE: ETR) was named to the 2012/2013 Dow Jones Sustainability North America and World Indices. The company was one of only two U.S. companies in the electric utility sector selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. In addition, Entergy is...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Leo Denault plans to provide a presentation as part of a panel discussion on Thursday, Sept. 20, during the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Power and Gas Leaders Conference at the Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York City. The panel discussion is expected to start at approximately 11:30 a.m. EDT. A live webcast and copy of Entergy's presentation slides...
NEW ORLEANS and NOVI, Mich., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) and ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) continued their multi-state and federal regulatory process seeking approval for Entergy's utility operating companies to spin off and merge their electric transmission businesses into a subsidiary of ITC. Taking the next step in the process are Entergy New Orleans, Inc. and Entergy Louisiana, LLC, which, in conjunction with ITC and ITC Midsouth LLC, filed a...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy is focusing its restoration efforts on about 3,400 customers who are able to safely take power. At its peak, the storm left approximately 704,000 customers in Louisiana without power. The majority of those customers are in lower Plaquemines Parish, where the restoration effort is very dynamic due to yesterday's high winds and the slow rate that water is receding. Restoration was hindered in Buras Wednesday when the area...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. Department of Energy official from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability praised Entergy Corporation for its response to Hurricane Isaac after completing a preliminary inspection of the damage and restoration work in Louisiana. "The typical benchmark for utility companies is to restore power to 70 percent of customers within five to seven days. The pace of Entergy's restoration, restoring power to 90 percent of...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today announced that J. Wayne Leonard, 61, the company's chairman and chief executive officer, has informed the board of directors of his decision to retire on Jan. 31, 2013. Leo Denault, 52, currently executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been elected to succeed Leonard as chairman and CEO at that time. Leonard is the longest serving CEO in company history beginning with his election...
NEW ORLEANS and NOVI, Mich., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) and ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) have initiated a multi-state and federal regulatory process per an agreement announced on Dec. 5, 2011, that calls for Entergy's utility operating companies to spin off and merge their electric transmission businesses with a subsidiary of ITC. Taking the first step in the extensive process are Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.,...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy crews restored approximately 75,000 more Louisiana customers since late Monday afternoon. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, 668,000 customers in Louisiana have had their power restored since Hurricane Isaac left 704,000 homes and businesses without electricity. Six substations and 11 transmission lines remain out of service in Louisiana. For safety reasons, those whose customer-owned electrical equipment, such as the "weather head" and...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard plans to provide a presentation on Thursday, Sept. 6, during the Barclays 2012 CEO Energy-Power Conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City. The presentation is expected to start at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT. A live webcast and copy of the presentation slides will be available on the Investor Relations section of Entergy's...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- By Monday afternoon, Entergy crews have restored power to 86 percent of Louisiana customers who lost electricity when Hurricane Isaac made landfall Aug. 29. As of 4 p.m. Monday, Entergy has restored power to more than 600,000 of the 704,000 Louisiana customers who lost power when Isaac made its slow trek across the state. Since 6 p.m. Sunday, Entergy has restored nearly 50,000 customers in some of the hardest hit parishes, including...
