congratulations to the ronald mcdonald house of little rock for earning an incentive check of $27,714 from entergy arkansas for saving energy. the facility, on wolfe street near arkansas children’s hospital, upgraded indoor and outdoor lighting that will save about 164,000 kwh of power annually.
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deanna lafont is a customer service representative ii for entergy louisiana and has been part of the entergy family for two and one half years.
melissa schmoll is an administrative specialist iv in the maintenance department at arkansas nuclear one. she’s been an entergy family member for 26 years.
new orleanian norbert rillieux, born into a prominent creole family in 1806, showed an early interest in engineering and is widely considered to be one of the first notable chemical engineers. in honor of black history month, we salute his ingenuity and his major contribution to the sugar processing industry.
entergy new orleans recently filed an unopposed request to temporarily suspend the schedule in the proposed new orleans power station proceeding before the new orleans city council. that request was granted by the judge in the proceeding, and he has scheduled a status conference with all of the parties on march 6, 2017 to discuss next steps.
does the name granville t. woods ring a bell? maybe a telephone? woods was an african-american inventor who made important improvements to the telephone, street car and much more.