“We are excited to announce Lake Charles Power Station achieved commercial operations well ahead of schedule. It’s a huge win for our customers,” said Phillip May, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana. “Not only does the addition of this plant make our generation portfolio, which was already one of the cleanest in the nation, even cleaner, but it also supports system reliability and produces substantial customer savings.”

Combined-cycle gas turbine units like the Lake Charles Power Station emit on average about 40% less carbon dioxide than Entergy’s older natural gas-powered units. Because of the plant’s high efficiency, it has been projected customers will save between $1.3 billion and $2 billion over the anticipated 30-year life of the plant.

The $872 million project helps improve the region’s overall reliability by locating the station in a rapidly growing area and avoids costly transmission projects that would otherwise have been needed to maintain reliability for the greater Lake Charles area.

Construction began on the Westlake facility in August 2017, and the plant officially reached commercial operation well ahead of its originally scheduled June completion date. At its peak, construction of the plant employed approximately 1,100 people. Ongoing operations of the plant will employ approximately 30 people.

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The Lake Charles Power Station is another important milestone in ���ϳԹ���’s broader plan to modernize and transform the existing generation fleet of its utility operating companies while maintaining some of the lowest rates in the nation. Over the past 15 years, Entergy has added approximately 8,500 megawatts of clean, highly efficient combined-cycle gas turbine generation, allowing for the deactivation of over 6,500 megawatts of older, less efficient gas or oil units.

In addition to providing reliable, cost-effective power, Entergy’s investments in its generation portfolio transformation and nuclear improvements since 2000 have resulted in substantial reductions in the company’s greenhouse gas emissions, highlighting Entergy’s commitment to environmental stewardship.

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Entergy Louisiana, LLC provides electric service to more than 1 million customers and natural gas service to more than 93,000 customers in the greater Baton Rouge area. It has operations in southern, central and northern Louisiana.

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The article focuses on young, dedicated leaders who have achieved success and exhibited a commitment to community, a description that easily fits Norris.

The McNeese State University graduate joined Entergy in 2007 as an engineer at the Nelson Plant. She held several engineering, process and production superintendent positions and managed the Calcasieu Plant before moving to LCPS.

In the article, she attributes her accomplishment in part to shifting her measure of success from “task-driven” to a team concept of success. She also highlights her unique opportunity to hire and develop a sustainable staff through a diverse and inclusive culture at the plant.

In the community, she was a founder of SWLA pride to help increase acceptance of LGBTQ people in the area and educate the public on LGBTQ issues. The company recognized her significance by featuring Norris as a “strong leader for a brighter future.”

Watch her, though. When asked, “If you could sit in someone else’s seat for a day, whose seat would that be and why?” she responded, “T​he president of the United States.” She wants to “understand the true stresses of the job” and how much power the president has to “make meaningful change.”

WESTLAKE, La. – Entergy Louisiana took another important step toward modernizing its generating fleet, enhancing reliability and securing a long-term supply of lower cost energy for customers with today’s ceremony formally kicking off construction of the Lake Charles Power Station.

State and local officials joined Entergy executives and employees at the groundbreaking for the combined-cycle, natural gas-fired plant. The plant’s estimated cost is $872 million, including transmission and other project-related costs. It is expected to enter commercial operation by June 2020.

The highly-efficient plant is projected to lower customer energy costs between $1.3 and $2 billion over its anticipated 30-year life. Combined-cycle units, compared to Entergy’s older gas-fired plants, will on average cut carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 40 percent.

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Gov. John Bel Edwards praised Entergy Louisiana’s decision to build the plant. “We are truly blessed by the tremendous amount of new industrial construction and economic activity centered around Lake Charles,” Edwards said in a statement. “In addition to billions in private-sector investment, we are embarking on several hundred million dollars of public investment in road and port projects. Our commitment to improving our infrastructure is critical and serves as one of the primary reasons investors are flocking to Louisiana. We’re proud to support Entergy in this vitally important project to produce cleaner, more efficient power for residential and commercial ratepayers in Louisiana.”

Leo Denault, chairman and CEO of ���ϳԹ���, said, “The Lake Charles Power Station will provide much-needed generating capacity for the region, and it represents another step toward increasing our environmental efficiency and modernizing Entergy Louisiana’s fleet. The plant, much like the St. Charles Power Station currently under construction, is expected to produce significant customer savings over the long term. It will also add another highly efficient resource to our generation fleet, which already ranks as one of the cleanest in the country.”

Phillip May, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana, said, “This new unit is another element of our plan to ensure there is an abundant supply of clean, affordable, safe and reliable energy available to meet the needs of our current customers as well as keep pace with Louisiana’s expanding economy. The Lake Charles area is one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation thanks to the billions being invested in new and expanded industrial facilities.”

“Many groups and individuals, including the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the civic and community leaders of Calcasieu Parish, have helped us make this project not just part of a plan, but a reality. Our pledge to them is to continue following the blueprint to create a bright future for Louisiana,” May said.

LED Secretary Don Pierson said, “Entergy’s investment in Southwest Louisiana will serve the incredible, multibillion-dollar economic development investments we’ve welcomed to this region, and demonstrates Entergy’s commitment to being the utility partner that allows us to maintain and build on our momentum. Our industrial electricity rates are among the lowest in the nation. By building this highly efficient, combined-cycle plant, Entergy brings greater reliability and capacity to the market. That action sends a strong signal to current and potential new investors that Louisiana and this region are indeed prepared to serve the demand of today’s industrial base, and also ready to compete for the next generation of manufacturing projects.”

George Swift, president and CEO of Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, said, “Entergy Louisiana continues to demonstrate its commitment to the region through investments and its economic development efforts.�� This project is a continuation of the long, positive relationship between the residents of Calcasieu Parish and Entergy Louisiana. We look forward to strengthening that relationship as well as to the opportunities this project will provide our local workforce.”

The economic impact from the construction of the plant will be felt across the state, but the effect will be largest in Calcasieu Parish, according to an analysis by Louisiana economist Dr. Loren Scott. The parish is expected to see $1 billion in new business sales and $282.9 million in new household earnings during the construction phase, according to Scott’s analysis.

At the height of construction activity, there will be approximately 700 people employed directly on site. Once complete, Entergy Louisiana expects to employ 31 people full-time.

CB&I, an engineering, procurement and construction contractor that employs approximately 4,800 Louisiana residents, was selected by Entergy Louisiana and will work with an Entergy management team on the completion of the Lake Charles Power Station.

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BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted today to approve construction of the Lake Charles Power Station, a 994-megawatt combined-cycle power plant in Westlake. The natural gas-fired plant is a key element of Entergy Louisiana’s plan to provide the clean, efficient energy needed to power economic growth and bring even more savings to its customers.

Entergy Louisiana expects to issue full notice to proceed to construction by Aug. 1.

The plant, which is scheduled to be in service by June 2020, will cost approximately $872 million to build including transmission and other project-related costs and contingency.

“The Lake Charles Power Station will supply the energy we need to help the communities and customers we serve prosper. This plant will not only provide needed generating capacity for the fast-growing region, but it’s another step in our ongoing effort to upgrade Entergy Louisiana’s plants so they operate more efficiently, affordably and with fewer emissions,” said Phillip May, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana.

“The vote to approve the project was a clear sign the commission recognized both the need for this plant and the tremendous benefits it will provide our customers,” May said.

Because of the plant’s high efficiency, projections are that customers will save between $1.3 billion and $2 billion over the anticipated 30-year life of the plant. Customer savings are expected to exceed the project’s construction cost in less than 10 years.

Building the combined-cycle unit will:

• Lower costs by reducing dependence on aging, less-efficient resources
• Improve reliability by locating the plant in the highly industrialized area
• Avoid some $600 million of transmission projects that would otherwise be needed to maintain reliability in the Lake Charles region

“This project will not only help customers’ budgets in the long run, but it will reduce our environmental footprint as well. Compared to our older natural gas-fired plants, combined-cycle units like the Lake Charles Power Station will, on average, cut carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 40 percent,” May said.

The impact of the project on the state’s economy will be significant. According to an analysis by Louisiana economist Dr. Loren Scott, the plant’s construction phase will:

• Generate on average an estimated 1,200 direct and indirect jobs a year across the state
• Increase Louisiana business sales by more than $1.2 billion
• Grow household earnings by an estimated $420 million

The plant will employ approximately 30 people once complete.

Entergy Louisiana, LLC provides electric service to more than 1 million customers and natural gas service to more than 93,000 customers in the greater Baton Rouge area. With operations in southern, central and northeastern Louisiana, the company is a subsidiary of ���ϳԹ���.

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In this news release, and from time to time, Entergy Louisiana, LLC makes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to it and its parent company, ���ϳԹ��� (collectively, “Entergy”). Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, Entergy undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.��

Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including (a) those factors discussed in this news release and in Entergy’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Entergy’s other reports and filings made under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (b) uncertainties associated with rate proceedings, formula rate plans and other cost recovery mechanisms; (c) risks and uncertainties associated with executing major capital projects and estimating their costs and benefits; and (d) general economic conditions during the periods covered by the forward-looking statements, in addition to other factors described elsewhere in this release and subsequent securities filings.

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