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'''Entergy Corporation''' is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power productions and retail distribution operations. A member of the Fortune 500, Entergy, headquartered in New Orleans, owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.<ref>2007 Annual Report[http://entergy.com/content/investor_relations/html/2007_ar/introduction.html]</ref>
In 2001, Entergy formed a partnership with [[Koch Industries]] to form Entergy- Koch, LP.<ref>[http://www.entergy.com/about_entergy/history10.aspx "Company History"] Entergy website, accessed July 2011.</ref> ==History==Prior 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. <ref>[http://www.entergy.com/about_entergy/historyhistory10.aspx"Company History"]Entergy website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
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