ETR Profile
Entergy Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is involved in the generation and retail distribution of electricity throughout the United States. The company operates through two main segments: Utility and Entergy Wholesale Commodities. The Utility segment is responsible for generating, transmitting, distributing, and selling electric power across parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, including the City of New Orleans, while also distributing natural gas. The Entergy Wholesale Commodities segment focuses on owning, operating, and decommissioning nuclear power plants, owning interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell electricity to wholesale customers, and providing services to other nuclear power plant owners.
Entery generates electricity using a diverse mix of energy sources, including natural gas, nuclear, coal, hydro, and solar power. It supplies electricity to a wide range of customers, such as retail power providers, utilities, electric power cooperatives, power trading organizations, and other power generation companies. The company's power plants have a total generating capacity of approximately 24,000 megawatts (MW), of which 5,000 MW come from nuclear power. This extensive capacity allows Entergy to deliver electricity to about 3 million utility customers in its service areas across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Founded in 1913, Entergy Corporation has a long-standing history in the energy sector and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The company's strategic focus on both traditional and renewable energy sources, along with its significant role in nuclear energy management, underscores its commitment to providing reliable and diversified energy solutions to its extensive customer base.
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