News on Entergy Corporation

Group wants Vt. Yankee license extension rejected

2010-03-18T14:01:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Environmental group wants Vt. Yankee license extension rejected because of false statements</div><div><p>A consumer and environmental group on Thursday called for state regulators to reject the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's request to operate for 20 years past the expiration of its current license in 2012.</p><p>In a filing at the Public Serv...

NY water plan could cost power generators billions

2010-03-16T15:30:35Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state's rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities.</p><p>The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most of the state's six nuclear power plants and several facilities powered by fossil fuels t...

Entergy Corp. runs into hurdles with spinoff plan

2010-02-26T12:15:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy Corp. plan to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants runs into roadblocks</div><div><p>Power provider Entergy Corp.'s proposal to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants into a separate company has run into snags long past the time it had hoped to close the deal.</p><p>New York regulators may tighten conditions for creation of Reuters) - The Vermont Senate on Wednesday voted to close an Entergy Corp nuclear power plant in 2012, citing discovery last month of a leak releasing radioactive tritium into the groundwater.</p><p>If the Vermont Senate's 26-4 vote stands, the power...

Vermont Yankee

2010-02-23T14:32:00Z

Curt L. Hebert Jr. of Entergy Corp. holds a news conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is offering cut-rate power to help...

Entergy Corp. sues fed agency in Katrina flooding

2010-02-22T20:14:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy Corp. sues Corps of Engineers over Katrina flooding, damage to utility systems</div><div><p>Entergy Corp., two of its Louisiana power utilities and their insurance company are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer...

La. PSC seeks to grill Entergy investment advisers

2010-02-22T20:49:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Louisiana utility regulators want to grill Entergy investment advisers</div><div><p>A utility regulator said Wednesday that he wants investment advisers for two Entergy Corp. power utilities to explain how part of the money to eventually dismantle two Louisiana nuclear generating plants was lost in last ...

Entergy units short of money to close nuke plants

2010-02-23T00:39:19Z

<div id="subtitle">2 Entergy units short of having enough money to eventually close nuclear plants</div><div><p>Two Louisiana power utilities owned by Entergy Corp. are short $235.5 million for the projected costs of eventually closing two nuclear generating plants — and the power provider wants slight increases in custome...

Entergy CEO: EPA sending Congress message to act

2010-02-23T18:00:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy CEO: EPA move to regulate carbon emissions should tell Congress to act on climate bill</div><div><p>The Obama administration's moves toward regulating greenhouse gas emissions are sending Congress a message to act quickly on climate change legislation, Entergy Corp.'s chairman and chief exe...

SAIC signs $219 million contract with Entergy

2010-02-23T18:00:50Z

<div id="subtitle">SAIC signs 6-year, $219 million contract to keep providing IT services to Entergy through 2015</div><div><p>(AP) — Science Applications International Corp. said Thursday it has been awarded a contract by Entergy Corp. to continue providing information technology services through 2015.</p>&a...

Mississippi regulators OK nuclear plant upgrade

2010-02-23T22:01:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Mississippi regulators approve increased output from Entergy's Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant</div><div><p>State utility regulators have approved a plan by Entergy Mississippi to increa...

Feds OK breakup to cut power costs in Ark., Miss.

2010-02-24T03:10:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal regulators OK breakup that could change power costs in Arkansas, Mississippi</div><div><p>Federal regulators Thursday authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in Mississippi and Arkansas to leave a multistate agreement, a move expected to eventually...

Vermont Senate chief questions Entergy spinoff

2010-02-24T15:50:47Z

<div id="subtitle">State Senate leader questions Entergy spinoff of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant</div><div><p>The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's future as a provider of a third of the state's electricity could be in jeopardy if the plant's owner spins it off to a newly crea...

THE CLASH OVER CLEAN POWER

2010-02-24T21:19:30Z

<div><h1> THE CLASH OVER CLEAN POWER </h1><p>Power companies used to have one simple task: providing inexpensive, reliable electricity to light up cities, power factories, and keep the economy humming. No longer. The once-stodgy utility industry is now in history's crosshairs. As the largest contributor to the emissions that cause climate change, it's being asked to spearhead a radical transformation to a cleaner, greener energy economy....

Duke, Entergy profits slide as recession weighs

2010-02-26T00:39:59Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Power producers Duke Energy Co &lt;DUK.N&gt; and Entergy Corp &lt;ETR.N&gt; reported lower second-quarter earnings Tuesday as the weak U.S....

Entergy sets quarterly dividend of 75 cents

2010-02-26T02:00:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy board declares regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents, payable Sept. 1</div><div><p>Entergy Corp. on Friday said its board set a regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents per share.</p><p>The New Orleans company said the dividend will be payable Sept. 1 to shareholder...

Entergy pushes to get spinoff of reactors done

2010-02-26T09:33:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy pushes to get spinoff of nuclear reactors into separate company completed</div><div><p>Entergy Corp. has filed a proposal with utility regulators in New York state in a push to get approval of its long-running plan to spin off some of its nuclear power plants into a separate company.</p&...

Entergy CEO compensation valued at $8.2M in 2008

2010-03-03T10:06:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Compensation for Entergy's top executive Leonard declines 12 percent to $8.2 million in 2008</div><div><p>J. Wayne Leonard, the top executive for power provider Entergy Corp., received compensation valued at $8.2 million in 2008, a decline of 12 percent from 2007, according to a regulatory ...

Economy Jobless Claims

2009-03-19T08:31:35Z

Recruiter Amber Lopez waves a card with instructions on how to apply for a job with Entergy at a job fair in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. New jobless claims fell more than expected last week, but continuing claims set a new record for the eighth straight week and few economists expect the labor market to improve anytime soon. (AP Photo/Rogeli...

Entergy 4Q profit slips on tax, regulatory charges

2010-03-02T13:26:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy 4th-quarter profit hurt by charges, weak economy, hurricanes</div><div><p>Entergy Corp. said Tuesday that its earnings fell 12 percent in the fourth quarter as the energy company recorded higher income tax expenses and regulatory charges in its utility business.</p><p>Entergy reported profit of $170.6 million, or 89 c...