by Amy McCullough Published: December 19,2010
Tags: ENERGY & UTILITIES, Entergy, FERC, refunds
Mississippi could receive millions in refunds A federal regulatory judge has ruled that Entergy Corp. overcharged customers in Mississippi and three other states by selling low-cost power to third parties for profit. The decision states that shareholders should make refunds but did not specify the extent of damages. If the decision is upheld by the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2010
MONTPELIER, Vermont — Technicians at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will begin work Monday morning to fix a pipe that leaked radioactive water and forced the plant to shut down. The nuclear reactor was taken out of service at 7 p.m. Sunday. Plant spokesman Larry Smith estimated it would take 13 hours to cool down [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 5,2010
Tags: Entergy, nuclear plant, Vermont Yankee
MONTPELIER, Vermont — Entergy Corp. made it official Thursday: It’s putting the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear plant on the market. But Vermont’s governor-elect said a new owner wouldn’t change his view that the plant should shut down when its current license expires in 2012. Entergy said in a statement that it is exploring the sale [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 4,2010
Tags: Entergy
PORT GIBSON — Port Gibson has turned off most of its street lights to save money, and service from another city utility is in danger of being disrupted. “We don’t have a choice,” said Port Gibson Mayor Fred Reeves, who took office in 2008. “We don’t have a choice. The problem is, we just don’t [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: October 21,2010
Tags: Entergy, environment, Gulf Coast, WETLAND Foundation
Source: PR Newswire NEW ORLEANS — A new study says that Gulf Coast communities could suffer more than $350 billion in economic losses over the next 20 years due to growing environmental risks. The study was released Wednesday by Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) and America’s WETLAND Foundation. Economic losses could increase up to 65 percent [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: October 17,2010
Tags: Entergy, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor, I am writing in response to your article “It’s Legal in Some States” in your October 3rd issue regarding community support by energy companies, specifically Entergy and Mississippi Power. Energy companies are regulated and limited to how much profit they can make so it isn’t as if they can base their giving back to [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Power provider Entergy Corp. said Friday it expects third-quarter earnings per share to grow 13 percent from the same period last year and said it’s sticking with its previous prediction for the full year. Entergy expects to report net income of $2.61 per share for the third quarter, up from $2.32 per [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: July 4,2010
Tags: Entergy, Glenn L. McCullough Jr., IPP highway, Letter to Editor
Editor, In your recent article, “Entergy agrees to give up control,” writer Amy McCullough states that some officials “believe that Entergy has neglected transmission system improvements and purposefully engaged in keeping IPPs off its energy transportation highway.” What is left out of this point is that, in general, the independent power producers (IPPs) cannot [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: July 4,2010
Entergy Mississippi’s residential customers will see a 7 percent increase in their summer electricity bills, due to a fuel adjustment increase passed by the Mississippi Public Service Commission last month. The average household will pay $6.49 more per month, resulting in a total average bill of $102.57. Ratepayer bill estimates are based on the assumption [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: May 2,2010
Tags: Energy Conference, Entergy
Entergy’s buying decisions mean millions for ratepayers NEW ORLEANS — Entergy has gotten a lot of attention in Mississippi over the past year, much of it due to an attorney general lawsuit accusing the company of bilking rate payers by failing to provide cheapest electricity available. The conflict between the state-regulated utility and independent power [...] [...]
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