Transitioning to more efficient natural gas plants Entergy Texas is transitioning from older, less efficient natural gas plants to newer, more modern and efficient generation – helping to keep the costs for our customers lower. Last year, the state-of-the-art , providing 993 megawatts of clean, affordable and efficient energy and powering over 184,000 homes. In addition, the company filed a request for approval for the Orange County Advanced Power Station, a 1,215-megawatt, dual-fuel combined cycle power facility capable of co-firing natural gas and hydrogen. This plant will be capable of powering over 230,000 homes. These newer plants are 30-40% more efficient than older, aging generation, which directly translates to fuel savings for customers.ĚýĚý
	Investing in solar power The company has entered into a twenty-year power purchase agreement with Umbriel Solar for 150 megawatts of solar. The facility will be in Polk County and will be operational beginning in 2024. And we’re not stopping there. Entergy Texas is evaluating additional solar resources that will provide economical, clean energy for our customers with plans to reach over 500 megawatts by 2025 and even more by 2030. The addition of these solar resources will increase the diversity of our power generation portfolio, and the construction of these solar plants will benefit Southeast Texas communities by creating new jobs.
	Ramping up our economic development efforts Recruiting new businesses to our communities creates new jobs and helps keep electricity rates more affordable for existing customers by spreading the costs associated with providing that power across a larger customer base. We are ramping up our efforts in this area, and, in the last two years alone, we’ve helped recruit 33 new and expanded projects in Southeast Texas, which have created more than 2,663 new jobs for our region. For customers looking to lower emissions and reduce the pain at the pump by making the switch to an electric vehicle, Entergy’s eTech program offers customers an incentive for purchasing electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Learn more at .
Ěý	Giving customers new tools to save Thanks to our new advanced meters, you now have access to more detailed energy usage information to take control of your bills. You can log in to your MyEntergy account and view how much electricity you’ve used daily, shown in 15-minute increments for residential customers, rather than waiting until the end of the month to view your energy usage. Through the new online tools, you can set up alerts when reaching budgetary goals to keep track of your monthly spending. Advanced meters provide customers with more timely usage information so that you can decide whether to reduce consumption to help reduce your electricity bills. Detailed information can be accessed by logging into your account at .

The men and women of Entergy Texas live and work in our communities, too, and understand the strain rising prices can put on families. We are committed to doing everything we can to make your electricity bill one less thing you have to worry about.

Installing advanced meters and the supporting communications network is one of several investments we have made to build a smarter, more resilient grid for everyone. Other enhancements include , the new and improved customer engagement portal, advanced software known as the Advance Distribution Management System used to visualize and control the distribution grid, the addition of new smart devices that can communicate with each other, and the ADMS system to coordinate and implement changes when an event occurs.

“Over the last few years, Entergy has significantly modernized the grid, most recently completing three million new meter installations across our four-state service area,” said Dale Claudel, Entergy’s vice president of grid modernization and strategy. “These new technologies bring real benefits to our customers, like putting more control in their hands to better manage their energy usage. It also gives us clearer insight to the power grid and how it is operating, ultimately creating a smarter energy future for our customers and communities.”

Advanced meters work together with other smart grid technology to identify power outages more accurately and automatically isolate them, which reduces outage times for our customers.

“These upgrades also lay the foundation for newer technologies and customer solutions, including distributed energy resources and energy storage,” Claudel said. “For example, solar panels combined with battery storage can play a key role in grid resiliency and flexibility in the near future. Our team is refining ways to integrate advanced energy technologies into the power grid and provide clean energy solutions for our customers.”

Be in control with myAdvisor

Advanced meters provide customers with many benefits, including online energyĚýmanagement tools to help you better manage your energy usage and potentially save money on monthly energy bills.

After logging into your online, the customizable myAdvisor dashboard provides an overview of your account and personalized information:

• Usage and Cost: Compare energy usage and costs by month, day, hour and even 15-minute intervals for electric customers and one-hour intervals for gas customers. Also, see impacts of the weather, temperature and rainfall and view estimates of how energy is being consumed.
• Bill History: View past bills, including a breakdown of energy charges and fees to see how they change from month to month.
• Bill Projection: Get an estimate of what an upcoming bill may be, based on usage remaining similar over billing cycle.
• Bill Analyzer: Compare bills to the previous month and year, to understand impacts that may have been caused by the number of billing days, energy usage, fuel costs and weather.
• Home Assessment: Make these energy-saving tools more personalized to your home, including predicted savings and customized goals.
• Savings Plan:ĚýCreate a plan to help track savings and receive customized recommend actions to help meet savings goals.
• Proactive Alerts:ĚýSet alerts to be notified by email or text for notifications set to your frequency preferences for the following:
• Usage has surpassed threshold amount set.
• Cost has surpassed threshold amount set.
• Status of usage and cost based on goals set.
• Bill Projection:ĚýAll registered myEntergy customers with an advanced meter can receive a notice of their estimated monthly bill during the billing cycle.

Customers can access these tools through or Entergy’s mobile app.

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Just two years after the first meter was installed in January 2019, the company is now two-thirds of the way through its planned installation of approximately 3 million meters across our four-state service territory of Arkansas, Louisiana, including New Orleans, Mississippi and Texas. The project is expected to be completed in 2021.

“This is a significant achievement for Entergy as advanced meters lay the foundation for the next generation of grid technologies for our customers,” said Dale Claudel, Entergy’s vice president of grid modernization and strategy.

Advanced metering has already begun to provide Entergy customers greater insight into their energy usage, new tools to help them better manage usage and enhanced communication between our company and our customers. With the implementation of a new distribution management system in November, advanced meters provide nearly instant awareness of power outages customers may be experiencing. These advanced meters also support more effective outage management during storm restoration work, which was demonstrated earlier this year.

Advanced Technology Supports Storm Restoration

For the first time during Hurricane Zeta restoration, advanced meter technology led to the restoration of power to 1,000 customers without sending a crew to the location or calling customers to confirm the status of power.

“Restoring power to a thousand customers may not seem like a lot for a storm that caused more than 480,000 outages, but the glance into how this system will work in the future is exciting,” said Distribution Operations Centers Director Clay Adams. “There’s a time-savings component related to this efficiency, but there are also safety benefits and customer impacts. Each case we can close without rolling a crew means our employees are on the road less, restorations are completed sooner and our customers are informed faster.”

During a storm, advanced meters are helping us to visualize, analyze and efficiently manage repairs, reducing outage times while quickly and accurately allowing our distribution operators to verify service restoration. Identifying the precise location of outages improves the accuracy and speed of detecting the upstream cause of outages and allows our operators to triage problems more quickly.

These are all benefits of Entergy’s vision for a brighter energy future, through upgrading our systems with new technology to modernize the electric grid. And it starts with advanced metering, which over time will allow us to continue delivering safe, reliable and affordable electricity to you.

We’re always looking for better ways to serve you and the community you love. To help guide you through the process, we’re introducing a new energy assistant, Ami. Ami is here to keep you informed throughout the meter upgrade process and to share with you all the ways a new meter will benefit you.

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Advanced meters are now being installed at customers’ homes and businesses in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. By the end of 2021, the advanced metering infrastructure is projected to be complete across our entire system, which means approximately 3 million customers will then have access to better energy management tools and other benefits.

“The PUCT’s approval will allow us to move forward with a landmark investment in new technology that will improve how we serve our customers,” said Sallie Rainer, Entergy Texas president and CEO. “This system will lay the foundation for grid modernization technologies that offer a wide range of benefits to our customers.”

Upgrading to an advanced metering system has numerous benefits:

• Customers can get timely and more detailed information, so they can better manage their energy usage, which can lead to energy reduction and potentially lower bills.
• Entergy Texas will have a clearer real-time picture of the power grid and how it is operating. Outages can be identified remotely and more accurately, so crews can make repairs and restore electricity faster.
• With better information, we can answer customers’ billing and service questions more quickly and effectively, improving customer service.

Utilities in Texas have installed advanced meters across the state, with approximately 7 million meters deployed.

Entergy Texas will build and deploy the technology and communications infrastructure, and then install the meters needed to deliver this vision. By 2021, homes and businesses in the Entergy Texas service area will be part of a smarter energy future. Customers will see a charge on their bill starting in January, as Entergy Texas begins to deploy this advanced network.

Learn more about our vision here: .

Entergy Texas, Inc. provides electricity to approximately 450,000 customers in 27 counties. şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř 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 in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of approximately $10.8 billion and nearly 13,000 employees.

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