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Entergy Is Driving Economic Growth in Gulf South Region, CEO Tells Shareholders at Annual Meeting
NEW ORLEANS, LA / ACCESS Newswire / May 5, 2025 / Entergy experienced a transformational year in 2024 and there's additional growth potential for our company and region in the year ahead, Chair and Chief Executive Officer Drew Marsh told shareholders ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEW ORLEANS, LA / ACCESS Newswire / May 5, 2025 / Entergy experienced a transformational year in 2024 and there's additional growth potential for our company and region in the year ahead, Chair and Chief Executive Officer Drew Marsh told shareholders during Entergy's 76th annual meeting on Friday, May 2.","length":313,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""Fundamentally, we believe all our stakeholders have a bright future ahead, and Entergy is championing a better future through fostering growth within our service area and investment in cleaner, more reliable and more resilient energy," said Marsh.","length":258,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Entergy is focused on initiatives to improve outcomes and deliver value for all our stakeholders, including capturing customer growth, resolving key regulatory priorities, creating opportunities for employees, making the energy grid more resilient, continuing to enhance our restoration response for our communities, furthering progress on renewable energy, and building generation resources to meet customer-driven needs.","length":422,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Marsh highlighted several business achievements in 2024:","length":56,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"list","items":[{"val":[{"type":"text","content":""We continued to see strong industrial customer growth, fueled by the competitive advantages of our region. Last year, both Entergy Mississippi and Entergy Louisiana signed electric service agreements with hyperscale data center customers. These new customers bring significant value to our stakeholders, including good jobs, infrastructure improvements and tax revenues for our communities."","length":402,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":""Driven by customer interest, we continued to make progress in advancing renewable energy and other clean technology solutions. We brought more than 700 megawatts of solar resources online last year."","length":210,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":""Our commitment to corporate social responsibility had a positive impact in 2024, resulting in an economic impact of over $153 million for our customers and communities. Our dedicated employees played a pivotal role in our economic impact, contributing more than 122,000 hours of volunteer service valued at more than...