Entergy

Entergy describes itself as an "integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. ... Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $10 billion and approximately 14,000 employees." [1] Entergy is also "the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States." [2]

Previous to naming itself "Entergy" in May 1989 -- a name the company describes as "a composite of the words 'enterprise,' 'energy' and 'synergy'" -- the company had done business as the Arkansas Light and Power Company, Mississippi Power and Light Company, Louisiana Power Company, Electric Power and Light Corporation, and Middle South Utilities, Inc. [3]

Companies

Companies within the Entergy corporate structure include: [4]

• Entergy Arkansas
• Entergy New Orleans
• Entergy Louisiana
• Entergy Mississippi
• Entergy Texas
• Entergy Nuclear

Entergy Nuclear

Entergy owns and operates 10 nuclear power plants: [5]

• Arkansas Nuclear One Unit One and Unit Two - Russellville, Ark.
• Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Port Gibson, Miss.
• River Bend - St. Francisville, La
• Waterford 3 - Taft, La.
• Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station - Plymouth, Mass.
• James A. FitzPatrick - Oswego, N.Y.
• Indian Point Energy Center Unit Two and Unit Three - Buchanan, N.Y.
• Vermont Yankee - Vernon, Vt.

Entergy also "provides management support for the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Neb." The company won a 20 year license extension for its Arkansas Nuclear One Unit One plant in 2001, allowing the plant to operate until 2034. The company's license renewal applications for its Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim nuclear plants are pending. [6]

Entergy is promoting the expansion of nuclear power in the United States in various ways: [7]

[T]he company is among the leaders of the NuStart Energy Development consortium, which is working to get the nation’s first Construction and Operating License for a new nuclear reactor in three decades.

Entergy is also one of three U.S. nuclear operating companies that have applied for an early site permit (ESP), a preliminary permit designed to qualify a site for a new nuclear unit. Entergy’s application was judged complete in 2005 by the NRC’s (Nuclear Regulatory Commission's) review staff. Entergy is in line to be the first nuclear company in the nation to be granted an early site permit, qualifying Grand Gulf in Port Gibson, Miss., for a second nuclear unit. The NRC is scheduled to complete its review of Entergy’s ESP application and issue the permit in early 2007. Since all the site-specific engineering and environmental work involved in an early site permit is the initial section of a Construction and Operating License (COL), getting the ESP will give NuStart a head start in preparing a COL for the Grand Gulf site.

Perhaps with an eye towards its nuclear plant holdings, "Entergy has pledged to cap greenhouse gases by partnering with the Environmental Defense Fund." [8]

Lobbying

According to the Lobbyist.info online database (accessed February 26, 2007; sub req'd), Entergy's in-house lobbying staff include Trevin Dalton, Jerald V. Halvorsen, and Ann L. Pride. [9]

The company's outside lobbyists and consultants include EOP Group on budget and appropriations issues; KPMG on taxation; McGlotten & Jarvis on nuclear energy and safety / consumer issues; Daryl Owen Associates on nuclear power, taxation, and utility issues; Quinn Gillespie & Associates on banking; and Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon on nuclear energy and environmental issues. [10]

The company also runs a political action committee, headed by Trevin Dalton, the Entergy Corporation PAC (EnPAC). [11] According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Entergy gave $498,227 to federal candidates and parties during the 2004 election cycle (61% to Republicans), and $459,258 during the 2006 cycle (55% to Republicans). Most of the money was given through EnPAC. [12] [13] [14]

Executive Management

From the company's website (accessed February 26, 2007): [15]

• J. Wayne Leonard - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
• Leo Denault - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Curt L. Hébert - Jr. Executive Vice President, External Affairs
• William E. Madison - Sr. Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
• Mark T. Savoff - Executive Vice President, Operations
• Robert Sloan - Executive Vice President & General Counsel
• Richard Smith - Group President, Utility Operations
• Gary Taylor - Chief Executive Officer - Entergy Nuclear
• Renae Conley - President & CEO, Entergy Louisiana
• Joe Domino - President & CEO, Entergy Texas
• Hugh McDonald - President & CEO, Entergy Arkansas
• Rod West - President & CEO, Entergy New Orleans
• Carolyn Shanks - President & CEO, Entergy Mississippi
• Michael Kansler - President, Entergy Nuclear Northeast
• John R. McGaha - President, Entergy Nuclear South
• Michael D. Bakewell - Senior Vice President, Fossil Operations

Contact Information

Website: http://www.entergy.com
http://www.entergy-nuclear.com/

SourceWatch Resources

• Clean and Safe Energy Coalition