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NEW ORLEANS, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) has declared a quarterly dividend of 83 cents per common share. The payment date is June 3, 2013, to stockholders of record on May 9, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) Entergy Corporation, which is celebrating its 100(th) birthday this year, is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution...
Companies Urge Commission to Protect Electric Customers from Unnecessary Rate Increases WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation's (NYSE: ETR) New York subsidiaries today filed comments with the New York State Public Service Commission ("PSC") regarding a proposed reliability contingency plan ("RCP") meant to address the premature retirement of the Indian Point Energy Center. The RCP, filed jointly by Con Edison and the New York Power Authority at the...
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Electric Institute today honored Entergy Corporation with the association's 2012 Emergency Recovery Award and Emergency Assistance Award for its work restoring power to its own customers following Hurricane Isaac and to customers of other utilities after Hurricane Sandy and last June's derecho weather event. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) This is the 15th consecutive year Entergy has received an...
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today announced the appointment of Jeff S. Forbes, 56, as executive vice president, nuclear operations and chief nuclear officer at Entergy Nuclear effective Jan 2. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) Forbes, currently senior vice president of nuclear operations for Entergy Nuclear, will replace John Herron, who announced his retirement from the company effective March 31....
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy is bringing the blues to Arkansas schools, teaching Louisianans how to save energy, and helping create holiday joy for young Vermonters through the latest round of grants from the Entergy Charitable Foundation. This is the third and final grant distribution cycle for the Entergy Charitable Foundation in 2012, bringing the year's total in grants awarded through the foundation to more than $2,980,000. Including foundation grants...
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Entergy utilities took a key step toward membership in a regional transmission organization Friday via submission of the executed transmission owner agreement to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator or MISO. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) The utilities - Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C, and Entergy New Orleans,...
MALVERN, Ark., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Arkansas, Inc. has completed the purchase of the Hot Spring Energy Facility, putting down new roots within sight of where the company began nearly 100 years ago. The modern Arkansas power plant that will boost the utility's generation capacity sits less than a mile from where Arkansas Power and Light founder Harvey Couch ran the first transmission line between Malvern and Arkadelphia in 1913. (Logo:...
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Mississippi, Inc. has completed the purchase of the Hinds Energy Facility, a modern, 450 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant located in Jackson. The acquisition, which took place earlier today, will boost the utility's electric generation capacity and offer significant savings for its customers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) "This is good news for our customers," said Haley Fisackerly,...
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Even before Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast, Entergy Corporation utility crews headed to the Northeast to help restore power to millions of individuals. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) Now the company is increasing its commitment to New York with a $200,000 contribution for hurricane relief. Entergy's utility service territory along the Gulf Coast is frequently struck by hurricanes. "We at...
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced today that Phillip R. May, Jr., 50, has been named chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. effective Feb. 1, 2013. May succeeds William Mohl, 53, who the company earlier announced will assume the role of president of Entergy Wholesale Commodities in February 2013. May is currently vice president of regulatory...
