World & Nation
Without power, repair jobs go undone. The blackout riles returning homeowners, who fear it may push neighbors to stay away for good.
Nov. 14, 2005
Business
Rescuing a private firm would be inappropriate, an official says. Users are likely to foot the bill.
Dec. 14, 2005
A few memorable names such as Eastern Airlines Air Shuttle, the First Women’s Bank and Gulf & Western Inc. disappeared from corporate record books in the first half of the year.
July 10, 1989
The bankrupt utility that supplies power and gas to New Orleans has not set a timetable for restoring service to the city’s storm-ravaged eastern neighborhoods and the Lower 9th Ward, the company’s chief executive told an angry crowd of residents Saturday.
Nov. 6, 2005
FPL Group Inc. said differences between projections supplied to it and to investment bankers by Entergy Corp. led to the two companies calling off their proposed $7.6-billion merger.
April 3, 2001
Electric utility owner Entergy Corp. said that it expects second-quarter profit to beat Wall Street estimates, citing surging power sales and fewer shutdowns at the company’s nuclear stations.
July 9, 2002
Facing huge costs for rebuilding its Hurricane Katrina-devastated systems along the Gulf Coast, power and gas utility Entergy Corp. said it would consider filing for bankruptcy protection for its New Orleans unit.
Sept. 21, 2005
Companies specializing in the handling of radioactive material are buying retired U.S. nuclear reactors from utilities and promising to clean them up and demolish them in dramatically less time than usual — eight years instead of 60, in some cases.
May 22, 2019
FPL Group Inc., the parent of Florida Power & Light Co., agreed to acquire Entergy Corp. in a $6.4-billion deal that would create the No. 1 U.S. electric utility.
Aug. 1, 2000
Entergy Corp., the fourth-largest electric power generator in the United States, said that it will sell its British electricity distributor, London Electricity, to the French national power company for $3.18 billion.
Dec. 1, 1998