Entergy Arkansas recently announced the launch of its Next Generation Arkansas program.
The program is described as the company’s “comprehensive plan to provide electricity that does more for Arkansas by strengthening reliability, expanding energy supply, driving economic growth and keeping power affordable for all customers.”
“Next Generation Arkansas is about preparing our state for what’s ahead. By strengthening the grid, adding new generation and modernizing how we deliver power, we’re making the system more reliable and more affordable while also building a system that enables unprecedented growth over the long term,” said Laura Landreaux, Entergy Arkansas president and CEO. “These investments help prevent outages, support new jobs and ensure that Arkansas families and businesses continue to benefit from low, predictable electricity costs as our state grows.”
Next Generation Arkansas is a multi-faceted plan that includes input from state and local leaders and Entergy Arkansas customers and represents the company’s response to several power-related issues facing the state, including:
- Recent state growth requiring more power to serve customers;
- More extreme weather in recent years affecting customer reliability;
- Increasing state competitiveness for job-creating projects; and
- Cost pressures requiring new approaches to keep rates low for customers.
To meet this demand, Next Generation Arkansas has been built around four core priorities: fewer outages, faster repairs, power when and where needed to meet demand, helping the state recruit more and better jobs, and keeping rates low and predictable.
All of these efforts will be managed with transparency for customers and with direct oversight from the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Landreaux said.
“Our 2,800 Entergy employees in Arkansas and I understand that this is some of the most important work of our careers, and we feel it personally because we’re Arkansans too,” she said. “We’re proud to help deliver better power, more jobs and a brighter future for our fellow Arkansans.”
For more information on the program, visit EntergyArkansas.com.
