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Entergy New Orleans Hosts Public Information Sessions on Proposed New Orleans Power Station in November
11/09/2016

Entergy New Orleans is hosting Information Sessions in November to keep the community fully informed about its investments in the city, including the newly proposed New Orleans Power Station.

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News > Customers, Grid modernization
Powering Southeast Texas for the Future
10/09/2016

Entergy Texas, Inc. (ETI) filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) for the construction of Montgomery County Power Station, a combined-cycle natural gas unit. This filing is a major step towards providing the next generation of reliable, low-cost power for ETI’s customers.

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News > Customers, Grid modernization
Coming Soon to a Town Near You: Entergy Mississippi Service Reliability Upgrades
07/12/2016

Strengthening and modernizing the grid to power the future. That’s the goal behind Entergy Mississippi, Inc.’s $66.5 million-plus investment in infrastructure projects designed to make your electrical service even safer and more reliable.

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News > Customers, Grid modernization, Growth
Entergy New Orleans Proposes New Power Plant to Meet City’s Growing Needs
06/19/2016

As part of long-term planning to ensure that Entergy New Orleans, Inc. can continue to serve the city’s energy and capacity needs, the company today filed an application with the New Orleans City Council seeking its approval to build the New Orleans Power Station – a new, modern power plant – at its existing Michoud site in an industrial area on the eastern edge of New Orleans.

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News > Grid modernization, Safety
Indian Point Unit 2 Returns to Service after $120M Refueling, Comprehensive Bolt Replacement, Hundreds of Inspections, Upgrades and Maintenance to Continue Providing Clean Power Safely and Reliably
06/17/2016

Entergy’s Indian Point Unit 2 nuclear power plant has returned to service following its successful scheduled $120 million refueling outage and comprehensive inspection and upgrade of plant equipment and systems.

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How power companies are working toward sustainable electricity in North America.
News > Grid modernization
New Book on Electricity Sector Sustainability Features EPRI and Industry Expertise
05/10/2016

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced today the publication of a first-of-its-kind book titled Sustainable Electricity: Case Studies from Electric Power Companies in North America. The book is a compilation of company-authored case studies describing how power companies are working toward sustainable electricity in North America as the industry experiences rapidly changing energy system operations and business models.

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News > Grid modernization
Nearly Half-Million Feet of Underground Power Line in SE Texas Tested; Method Helps ID Lines with Deteriorating Insulation, Potential for Outages
03/30/2016

Burying power lines underground may improve the landscape, but it does have its drawbacks. Most notably, when a power outage occurs, it may be more difficult to find the exact place in the line that needs to be repaired. Plus, making repairs becomes more complicated because of the digging involved to get to the line.

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News > Grid modernization, Growth
Wired for growth!
03/07/2016

Entergy officials joined with business and community leaders and elected officials at the Nelson Power Station in Westlake today to “cut the wire” on one of the largest single transmission projects in Entergy’s history.

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News > Grid modernization, Investors
Entergy Corporation Subsidiaries Close Transaction to Buy Union Power Station
03/04/2016

Taking a major step toward providing additional efficient, clean energy resources for new and existing customers and modernizing the company’s power generation fleet, Entergy Corporation announced that its subsidiaries, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy New Orleans, Inc., closed their purchase of the 1,980-megawatt (summer rating) Union Power Station located near El Dorado, Arkansas. The purchase was closed on Thursday.

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