Entergy Corporation

Entergy Corporation together with its subsidiaries engages in the production and retail distribution of electricity in the United States The company operates in two segments Utility and Entergy Wholesale Commodities The Utility segment generates transmits distributes and sells electric power in portions of Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi and Texas including the City of New Orleans and distributes natural gas The Entergy Wholesale Commodities segment engages in the ownership operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants and ownership of interests in nonnuclear power plants that sell electric power to wholesale customers as well as provides services to other nuclear power plant owners It generates electricity through gas nuclear coal hydro and solar power sources The company sells energy to retail power providers utilities electric power cooperatives power trading organizations and other power generation companies The companys power plants have approximately 26000 megawatts MW of electric generating capacity which include 6000 MW of nuclear power It delivers electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi and Texas The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in New Orleans Louisiana