MS solar – Entergy

We’re unlocking the future of energy in our state

Haley Fisackerly — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:17:00 +0000

Across the nation, electricity demand forecasts are increasing, driven by economic development and our society’s ever-increasing dependency on technology. The growth opportunities we have before us in Mississippi rely on many key outcomes, but the one I’m most excited about is Entergy Mississippi’s ability to meet our customers’ needs. We’re going to do that, while continuing our commitment to…

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Sunflower Solar Plant ensures a ‘bright future’ for Entergy and Mississippi

Mississippi Team — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:26:00 +0000

When picturing renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydroelectric power, it’s easy to first think of wide-open plains, cloudless desert skies and archway dams bordered by craggy overlooks and mountain passes. However, as the need for renewable power sources grew in the early aughts, Entergy Mississippi began to look more closely at solar technology. The company’s Bright Future…

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Reflecting on 100 years in business, Entergy Mississippi is planning for another successful century

Admin — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000

One of the oldest power generation companies in America, Entergy Mississippi, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023. The organization began as The Mississippi Power & Light Company in 1923, with a handful of municipal electric systems. Today, it serves over 450,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 45 of Mississippi’s 82 counties. The organization is passionate about…

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Entergy responds to 1970s energy crisis with heightened focus on long-term sustainability

Mississippi Team — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:18:00 +0000

Ask anyone who lived through the 1970s what they remember about the energy crisis, and you’ll hear some common themes: The oil embargo and skyrocketing fuel prices. Panic over gasoline shortages and long lines at the pump. ��ϳԹ�� conservation mandates and growing concerns over America’s dependence on foreign oil. For the utility industry, the crisis was a reckoning point that held long-term…

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Meeting customers’ sustainability needs: What to know about RCO

Candace Coleman — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 20:23:00 +0000

Businesses are more focused on sustainability today than ever before. That can include everything from recycling to targeting net zero emissions. So, it’s not surprising that Entergy Mississippi customers claimed nearly half of the credits available when we launched our RenewABLE Community Option program on May 16. Entergy Mississippi is the third Entergy operating company to add a green tariff…

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Sustainability defines Entergy Mississippi’s past and future

Mississippi Team — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:07:00 +0000

For Entergy Mississippi, it was a commitment to the future that rooted the company in sustainability. During MP&L’s annual meeting in 1970, President Donald Lutken appealed to the audience to “gear up for a new era” of community service and development, with special emphasis on meeting the “environmental demands of our times.” “Those early steps by the company set the course for what…

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Entergy’s new solar station (Wildlife Mississippi)

James L. Cummins — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:01:00 +0000

The Sunflower Solar Station is the first plant in what will eventually be the most significant expansion of renewable power in the state’s history, according to Fisackerly.nThe year was 1980. I was in 8th grade at Coleman Junior High School in Greenville. My science project was a solar furnace; it utilized a Fresnel lens which could easily melt aluminum, which melts at approximately 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit. I placed second for my grade at the State Science Fair in Biloxi that year. Unlike wind, I have always thought that we as a nation could better harness the sun’s energy. My first use of solar cells was a transistor radio I built from a kit. I think it may have been from RadioShack. The solar cell was about 1" X 2" in size.

Planning today for your power tomorrow

Haley Fisackerly — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:47:00 +0000

At Entergy Mississippi we think a lot about the future. Why? Because we are not only tasked by the State of Mississippi with providing you power today, but also with having plans in place to ensure you have safe, reliable and affordable power years from now. Much like turning a large ship at sea, the massive and complex grid infrastructure required to provide you with 24/7 power cannot be turned…

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Entergy Mississippi implodes remainder of Rex Brown Steam Electric Station

Entergy Team — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:13:00 +0000

JACKSON, Miss. – It was the end of an era the morning of Thursday, July 28. That’s when Entergy Mississippi imploded the remainder of the Rex Brown Steam Electric Station, a natural gas-fired plant that served the company’s customers for 71 years. The controlled implosion was the final stage of the demolition of the generating facility, named for a former Mississippi Power &

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Entergy Mississippi to bring Sunflower Solar Station online

Entergy Team — Fri, 27 May 2022 05:47:00 +0000

JACKSON, Miss. – Construction is complete on a 100-megawatt renewable solar power station near Ruleville in the Mississippi Delta, providing clean energy to Entergy Mississippi’s 461,000 customers. The Sunflower Solar Station is the largest utility-owned solar installation in Mississippi and provides enough energy to power 16,000 homes. “It’s a historic day for Entergy Mississippi…

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