Entergy Texas Launches $300,000 Southeast Texas Relief Fund
As Southeast Texas bands together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Entergy Texas is committed to supporting our customers and communities during this difficult timethrough its newly established Southeast Texas Relief Fund. As part of the company’s commitment to supporting Southeast Texas,Entergy Texas,Inc.is donating $300,000 toninenonprofit groupsacross22counties through Southeast Texas
The fund will target grants to organizations that provide services to families and individuals that have beenimpactedby the COVID-19 pandemic and do not havefinancialresources for basic needs, such as food, rent and utilities.
“In the face of adversity, Texans have always rallied together to support our neighbors and communities,” said Sallie Rainer, president and CEO of Entergy Texas. “It’s inspiring to seeour communities andlocalorganizations working together to provide criticalservices to those in need. We’re proud to contribute to $300,000 to support these efforts.We’ve weathered many stormsand together, we’ll weather this one too.”
The selected organizations have experience helping those in need, including the recently unemployed, seniors and low-income families. The nonprofit groups provide either direct support to recipients orin conjunction withorganizations that do.
The recipientsinclude:
- United Waychapters across Entergy Texas’ service areawhichsupporta combinedninecounties
- The Power to Care,which provides payment assistance toEntergy Texas customers whoarelow-income seniors andpeople with disabilities
- The Mission Northeast, which provides disaster relief, program and services, and adult education
- Community Assistance Center,which provides disaster relief, program and services, and adult education
- GETCAP,which offersa variety of programs and services to assist low-income individuals and familiesto 14 counties Entergy serves
- Liberty County Long–Term Recovery,which provides relief assistance to qualifying individuals throughout Liberty County
To date, Entergy’s shareholders have committed more than $1 million to COVID-19 response, including giving $700,000 to the corporation’s COVID-19EmergencyRelief Fund to assist local United Way partners and other nonprofit agencies to provide aid to working families experiencing financial hardships as a result of the pandemic. More information on the relief fund and Entergy’s response to COVID-19 can be found atentergy.com/covid-19.
Entergy Texas, Inc. provides electricity to approximately 461,000 customers in 27 counties. ϳԹ is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility customers inArkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of approximately $11 billion and more than 13,000 employees.
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