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Entergy Corporation 2013 INTEGRATED REPORT 56
SOCIAL
Partnering With Our Communities
$65 BILLION PARTNERSHIP
Our focus on economic development in
partnership with state and local officials
has the potential to lead to $65 billion
in capital investment by investors,
business owners and corporations in
approximately 85 projects in our utility
service area that could result in more
than 42,000 jobs.
$2.2 MILLION
We raised $2.2 million
in assistance funds from
customers, employees and
shareholders to help our
low-income customers
pay their energy bills.
Entergy and the Entergy
Charitable Foundation gave
more than $15 million in
grants in 2013 to nonprofits
and organizations whose
missions align with our
strategic priorities.
$15 MILLION
In 2013, we purchased
more than $200 million in
goods and services from
diverse suppliers,
including women
and minority-owned
businesses.
$200 MILLION
Entergy spends
approximately
$2.9 billion each year on
materials and services.
$2.9 BILLION
We employ approximately 14,000 PEOPLE who earned $1.2 BILLION in wages in 2013.
For our communities, we create sustainable value through economic development,
philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, and by operating our business safely and in
a socially and environmentally responsible way.
Supporting Our Economy
Entergy supports economic growth in the regions in which we operate in a variety of ways.
The taxes we pay to local communities that host our operations contribute to local infrastructure
and other priority investments, services and other general governmental and community needs.
In many areas, we provide hundreds of jobs and stimulate additional local purchasing activity
through our suppliers. In 2013, we worked with local and state developmental agencies to help
attract new businesses to our communities. Entergy is uniquely poised to contribute to and
benefit from the approximately $65 billion of proposed industrial investment in the Gulf South
region. Learn more at entergy.com/economic_development.
Our reasonable rates, combined with robust energy efficiency programs, preserve customer
dollars so that they can flow elsewhere into local economies. Entergy’s investments in poverty
solutions help low-income customers achieve economic self-sufficiency, which creates
sustainable value for our communities by alleviating the societal costs of poverty and
increasing economic productivity.
We are also a strong supporter of education. Entergy identifies and provides support for
innovative partners who are leaders in education reform. Quality education is a leading driver
of economic progress and key to a diverse, well-educated workforce of the future.
EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE VOLUNTEERISM
Hours in thousands
76
53 49
85
100
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013