NEW ORLEANS - Entergy (NYSE: ETR) was recently awarded by The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) with the industry's 2005 Supplier Diversity Award. This award, which began in 1985, goes to the company that displays the highest level of leadership and commitment to ensuring the active participation of minority and women-businesses in the American economic system. The award was presented to Entergy on May 17, 2005 during EEI's annual Supplier Diversity Conference -- held at the Westin Long Beach Hotel in Long Beach, CA.

Entergy was recognized for a wide variety of initiatives to expand business opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses. These include:

"Entergy has spent nearly $2.0 billion with diverse suppliers since becoming the first and only U.S. electric utility holding company to sign a Declaration of Fair Share Principles with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People," said Walter Loyd, director of sourcing support. "This cooperative agreement affirms the Company's commitment to advancing diversity in its Board of Director representation, employment/upward mobility, philanthropic giving and procurement."

Entergy Corporation 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, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $10 billion and approximately 14,000 employees.

Entergy's online address is www.entergy.com

Entergy Corporation

Entergy Corporation

Entergy produces, transmits and distributes electricity to power life for 3 million customers through our operating companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. We’re investing for growth and improved reliability and resilience of our energy system while working to keep energy rates affordable for our customers. We’re also investing in cleaner energy generation like modern natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy. A nationally recognized leader in sustainability and corporate citizenship, we deliver more than $100 million in economic benefits each year to the communities we serve through philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy. Entergy is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has approximately 12,000 employees. Learn more at entergy.com and follow @Entergy on social media.

Corporate Social Responsibility at Entergy

For more than 100 years, Entergy has powered life in our communities through strategic philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy. Entergy’s corporate social responsibility initiatives help create and sustain thriving communities, position the company for sustainable growth and are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our top CSR priorities are education/workforce development, poverty solutions/social services and environmental programs. Entergy annually contributes $16-$18 million in shareholder-funded grants to approximately 2,000 nonprofit organizations in the communities where we operate. In addition, our employees volunteer more than 100,000 hours in those communities' values at more than $3 million.

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