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Value Unlocked: Entergy Publishes 2007 Sustainability Report (PR News Wire )

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:42:00 GMT

NEW ORLEANS, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entergy has released its 2007 sustainability report, Unlocking Value, which highlights the company's environmental, social and economic performance for the year. Outlining Entergy's initiatives in areas such as safety, community involvement, environment and financial responsibility, the report covers all the goals achieved in 2007. The...

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Entergy hiking rates by 28% (The Memphis Business Journal)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:50:53 GMT

Mississippi residents will see a 28 percent spike on their electricity bills through September as climbing natural gas prices have raised the cost to produce the utility, according to Entergy Mississippi Inc.

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5 sirens fail test of nuke plant warnings (Raw Story)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:44:32 GMT

Officials say five out of 167 sirens failed in a test of the warning system at a nuclear power plant in New York City's heavily populated northern suburbs. Entergy Nuclear spokeswoman Robyn Bentley says the failures in the Indian Point sirens were due to an amplifier problem.

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MBF Financial: New Analyst Reports for OTISH ENTERGY INC, SULLIDEN EXPLORATION INC, SHERWOOD COPPER CORP, and CANADIAN GOLD HUNTER CORP (Market Wire - Investment Opinion)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:05:00 GMT

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Fitch Affirms Entergy Louisiana; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:46:00 GMT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch has affirmed the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and outstanding debt ratings for Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) as follows:

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Entergy 10-K filing (Green Mountain Daily - Front Page)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:09:07 GMT

Lawrence Auclair, at evacuationplans.org, has a great find today. Or rather, Lawrence links to a great find by the Keene Sentinel. Seems Entergy filed 10-Ks with the SEC, citing corporate liablity for ENVY decommissioning. That would be the same Entergy whose staff now say that everything that was said previously is "inoperative." The NRC might work that way, but I don't think the SEC...

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Ambitious New Citizen’s Campaign Announced (Integral Psychosis)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:48:08 GMT

In light of Governor Douglas’ veto of S.373, which the legislature passed in order to ensure that Entergy Nuclear- or any other subsidy which comes into owning Vermont’s nuclear power plant- remains clearly, legally responsible for all clean-up costs of the plant, a group of citizens took the opportunity on Friday to launch a fundraising [...]

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Free Press: Douglas “A Friend of Entergy” (Vermont Daily Briefing)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:42:15 GMT

Tactful understatement of the week: today the Free Press editorial board refers to Jim Douglas as “generally a friend of Entergy.” The truth is a bit harsher, of course. Entergy is engaged in not one, but several corporate three-card monte games, all with the goal of separating Entergy from its clear obligations, [...]

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Entergy's stance on decommissioning fund appears to change (Boston Globe)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:54:26 GMT

At least three times when its purchase of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was under review in 2001 and 2002, Entergy Corp. said publicly that it would assume the costs of decommissioning the plant when it eventually shut down.

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NEI's Energy Markets Report - May 19-23, 2008 (NEI Nuclear Notes)

Fri, 30 May 2008 11:38:00 GMT

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices decreased $1-24/MWh at all hubs except for Entergy. PJM West fell to $64/MWh, the lowest price it’s been over the past four months, due to moderate temperatures. Entergy prices increased to $83/MWh, the highest price since the end of July 2006, due to hot temperatures at the end of last week. ERCOT...

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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Entergy Corp., Embarq, Johnson Controls, Intevac and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (Business Wire)

Fri, 30 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks Equity Research highlights Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR) as the Bull of the Day and Embarq (NYSE: EQ) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks

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Douglas administration questions Entergy reorganization (Boston Globe)

Thu, 29 May 2008 22:54:42 GMT

Three weeks after Gov. Jim Douglas vetoed legislation seeking guarantees behind the Vermont Yankee decommissioning fund, his administration is raising its own questions about the financial stability of a proposed new owner for the nuclear plant.

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Stop the Clock: Entergy Caves in 7 Days (Vermont Daily Briefing)

Wed, 28 May 2008 19:55:20 GMT

Just a week ago we posted about a very revealing Freudian slip on the Vermont Yankee web site, an invitation to the reader to “learn more about our current energy options and the challenges of our entergy [sic] future.” And given that plant-owner Entergy has more than a few challenges in its future, the [...]

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Judge: Vermont Yankee can discharge hot water (Boston Globe)

Sun, 25 May 2008 04:49:06 GMT

An Environmental Court judge says Entergy Nuclear can release hot water from its cooling system at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon into the Connecticut River this summer.

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Fitch Revises Energy New Orleans' Outlook to Positive; Affirms 'BB' IDR (Business Wire)

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:32:00 GMT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has revised the Rating Outlook of Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (ENOI) to Positive from Stable and affirmed the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and

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I don't even know if I have anything to add to this. (Green Mountain Daily - Front Page)

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:10:56 GMT

Per the Rutland Herald (emphasis mine) The last time the 110-ton heavy-duty crane, which is being used at Vermont Yankee to move its high-level radioactive waste, was tested with a heavy load was more than 30 years ago , Entergy Nuclear and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said. The crane, which is being relied on to handle the 97-ton steel and concrete casks that will contain the high-level...

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Challenges of Our Entergy [Sic] Future (Vermont Daily Briefing)

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:12:38 GMT

... entire gargantuan load to come crashing to the concrete floor, that becomes an opportunity to tout Entergy's corporate openness: given that the mishap didn't present a “safety hazard,” the company wasn't legally required to report it, and the fact that it did so demonstrates “an effort to further transparency.” Now that's crack PR work. Let's not forget that the concept of dry-cask storage,...

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Entergy's style (Green Mountain Daily - Front Page)

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:07:31 GMT

The Rutland Herald and VPR report today about New York State looking into Entergy spinning off another business entity to own and take cover for two of it's aging nuclear power plants in New York.Another brick in the wall of liability deflection they are building .Look at this pattern and does anybody think that Vermont won't get stuck solidly in the end with the cost of Vermont Yankee decommissioning...

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Entergy Corporation CFO to Speak at Deutsche Bank 2008 Energy and Utilities Conference (PR News Wire )

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:20:00 GMT

NEW ORLEANS, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Leo Denault plans to provide a presentation Wednesday, May 28 during the Deutsche Bank 2008 Energy and Utilities Conference at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Fla. The presentation is expected to start at approximately 3:40 p.m. EDT. A live webcast will be available...

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Does Entergy have ANY equipment which functions properly? (Green Mountain Daily - Front Page)

Sat, 17 May 2008 09:39:51 GMT

Today's Brattleboro Reformer reports on yet another incident at Vermont Yankee : Technicians were in the process of moving the cask from the reactor's spent fuel pool to a concrete storage pad outside the plant when the cask dropped to the floor. The crane had operated with no problems during demonstration runs that were performed for the NRC during the past month, said Williams. But wait: it gets...

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