although couch died in 1941, the foundation he had established in mississippi helped position the company to meet the post-world war ii surge in electricity demand and the accelerated pace of business and industry expansion.
april 22 is earth day, a perfect opportunity to evaluate your organization’s environmental impact and look for ways to make your operations greener – and save money.
this week, entergy joined our community partners bike easy and the city of new orleans, in celebration of bike to work’s annual event, sponsored by entergy for the 12th year.
a new program at grambling state university that seeks to address the representation of minorities in the technology field is off to a strong start, thanks to support from entergy and a group of its employees volunteering as student mentors this semester.
last week, entergy joined the louisiana policy institute for children, or lpic, and united way of southeast louisiana at the louisiana state capitol for the release of a new report, “a modern history of early care and education in louisiana.”
with water levels creeping higher by the hour, the company decided to take six substations out of service as a safety measure and focus on protecting two that could be saved with levees—the old canton road substation serving northeast jackson and the south jefferson street substation serving the downtown area.
in a matter of seconds, the tornado demolished entergy’s 115,000-volt southwest jackson substation and severed six major transmission lines and numerous distribution lines, prompting crews to work around the clock until full service was restored.
after 1994, entergy started transitioning to a more centralized approach to storm response that included leveraging resources across the company’s four-state area to accelerate service restoration.
a hundred years ago, arkansas businessman harvey couch was making good on his vision to electrify the south when he incorporated the mississippi power and light company, the precursor of entergy mississippi. his new venture not only brought modern electric service to the mississippi delta—the heart of the state’s agricultural economy—but also unlocked future growth opportunities in a region rich with potential.
search