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Local Event to Feature Carbon Footprint Calculations, Earth-conscious Marketplace

October 15, 2009 -- Beaumont, Texas – A footprint used to be what your kids left on the kitchen floor. Or maybe it was what police used to track a thief. Now, add the word “carbon” and your footprint figures into one of today’s biggest issues.    » read more »

Report Analyzes Best Paths to Cut Carbon Emissions at Existing Coal Plants; Entergy CEO Leonard: Report Provides Policy Makers a Clear Roadmap

June 22, 2009 -- WASHINGTON – An MIT Energy Initiative report outlines clear steps the nation must take to develop cost-effective options for cutting carbon emissions at existing coal-fired power plants, Entergy Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard said Friday.

There is “no credible pathway” toward stringent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions worldwide without addressing coal-fired plants, according to the report released Friday at a press conference here.    » read more »

Entergy offers tips on how customers can reduce electricity bills even lower

June 08, 2009 -- Baton Rouge, La. – Temperatures may be rising, but Entergy Gulf States Louisiana customers can continue to look forward to lower electricity bills this summer.

June electricity bills for residential customers who use an average 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month are $72.11, approximately 44 percent less than in August 2008, when higher natural gas prices resulted in electricity costs of $128.46 per 1,000 kWh. The lower fuel costs mean that a typical residential customer is paying around $3.00 in a 24-hour period for electricity.    » read more »

Projects represent $100 million investment in south Louisiana

June 04, 2009 -- KENNER, La. – Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. have completed three major projects that represent an investment of more than $100 million in the electric transmission system in south Louisiana, the companies announced Thursday.

The projects include the rebuild of a transmission line in Plaquemines Parish that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and two upgrades to transmission lines that run through the Baton Rouge to New Orleans corridor.    » read more »

Companies prepared to restore power if major storm hits Louisiana

May 26, 2009 -- Baton Rouge, La. – With the official start of hurricane season just one weeks away, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. last week said they are ready to quickly and safely restore power should a destructive storm hit Louisiana.    » read more »

January 24, 2008 -- "I am very disappointed in today's NRC decision. The fine announced today amounts to another slap on the wrist for Entergy, which has repeatedly failed to meet deadlines at Indian Point.

It has been a year since the legal deadline for Entergy to have a new siren system passed. The people of New York deserve better from Entergy and from the federal agencies charged with overseeing Indian Point.    » read more »

October 04, 2007, New Orleans, LA -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) on revisions to value sharing terms entered into in 2000 at the time of the purchase of the Indian Point 3 and James A. FitzPatrick nuclear units. The agreement will clarify and amend certain provisions of the original terms included in the purchase transaction.

The agreement includes the following key provisions:    » read more »

New Orleans, La., Sept. 18, 2007 – Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Chief Financial Officer Leo Denault plans to provide a presentation Wed., Sept. 26 at the Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference at the Merrill Lynch Headquarters in New York. The panel presentation is expected to start at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of Entergy’s corporate Web site at www.entergy.com. A replay of the webcast will be available later that day and archived on the Web site for approximately 14 days.    » read more »

Senator to call on FEMA Inspector General to conduct an investigation into what went wrong

August 24, 2007 -- Washington, DC - “More than two years after we passed a law requiring a new siren system to be put in place, and more than six months after the original deadline, Entergy has announced that the new system is ready.    » read more »

August 23, 2007, New Orleans, La. – Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard plans to provide a presentation Thurs., Sept. 6 at the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference at The Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York. The presentation is expected to start at approximately 8:25 a.m. Eastern time. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of Entergy’s corporate Web site at www.entergy.com.    » read more »