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Entergy improving electric system in Ponchatoula through substation expansion
01/23/2024

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.

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News > Customers, Grid modernization
Entergy to upgrade electric system in rural areas west and south of Baton Rouge
12/18/2023

Entergy Louisiana crews and contractors will be performing significant reliability work on its electric system over the next six months in rural areas west and south of Baton Rouge.

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Left to right: Stuart Barrett, Entergy Texas vice president of customer service; Scott Hutchinson, Entergy Texas vice president of public affairs; Eliecer Viamontes, Entergy Texas president and CEO; Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar; William Powell, Entergy Texas plant manager (MCPS); Earl Bell, Entergy Texas maintenance team lead (MCPS). 
Left to right: Stuart Barrett, Entergy Texas vice president of customer service; Scott Hutchinson, Entergy Texas vice president of public affairs; Eliecer Viamontes, Entergy Texas president and CEO; Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar; William Powell, Entergy Texas plant manager (MCPS); Earl Bell, Entergy Texas maintenance team lead (MCPS). 
News > Leadership, Energy efficiency
Texas Comptroller visits Montgomery County Power Station during Good for Texas Tour: Energy Edition
11/14/2023

The Montgomery County Power Station is a state-of-the-art natural gas power plant that provides 993 megawatts of clean, affordable and efficient energy to power over 184,000 homes.

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News > Communities, Grid modernization, Growth
Entergy Texas’ Bolivar Peninsula Reliability Project moves to next phase of construction
11/13/2023

The next phase of construction includes installing utility poles and lines, building new distribution lines and setting the foundation for new substation sites.

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News > Grid modernization
Entergy New Orleans selected for $55M federal grant from Department of Energy
10/18/2023

Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Funds to improve New Orleans community resilience

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News > Grid modernization
Entergy New Orleans announces "Operation: Gridiron," making New Orleans grid stronger
10/17/2023

Proposed $1B investment will cut outage times by half

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Crews replace wooden transmission poles in Hollandale
Crews replace wooden transmission poles in Hollandale
News > Grid modernization
Entergy Mississippi replaces more than 1,000 wooden transmission poles
10/09/2023

The replacement of the wood structures represents the majority of a $28 million annual investment Entergy Mississippi is making to harden the grid. So far, more than 1,000 aged wood structures have been replaced.

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News > Grid modernization, Growth
Entergy completes Mud Lake to Big Lake transmission project in southwest Louisiana
08/08/2023

Entergy Louisiana recently completed construction of a transmission project that adds resiliency and increases reliability to the electrical grid in southwest Louisiana. The completion of this project will also help attract new economic development projects to the region and benefit existing residential, commercial and industrial customers in the area.

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News > Communities, Customers, Grid modernization, Growth
PUCT votes to move Entergy Texas’ Bright Future rate proposal forward
08/03/2023

The proposal benefits customers, supports growth in Southeast Texas and helps strengthen the state’s economy.

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