Entergy named a Top Utility in economic development for 19th year in a row

Jackson, Miss.- For the 19th consecutive year, Site Selection magazine has named Entergy a Top Utility in economic development.

The communities we serve continue to attract some of the nation's most competitive and power-intensive industries in the United States. In 2025, Entergy Mississippi helped secure 9,609 in capital investments and create nearly 1,177 new jobs within the Entergy Mississippi service area.

"Being recognized as a top utility in economic development is a testament to our commitment to powering growth and opportunity across the communities we serve," said Ed Gardner, Entergy Mississippi vice president, business and economic development." By pairing reliable, affordable energy with strategic partnerships and thoughtful investment, we're helping communities compete for world-class projects while ensuring our customers benefit from the opportunities that growth brings."

As industrial and data-intensive demand continues to grow nationwide, Entergy's Fair Share Plus framework ensures that large data centers pay the full incremental cost to serve their facilities - along with shared system-wide costs - helping maintain affordability, strengthen reliability and support community benefit programs. Fair Share Plus also reinforces system resilience in areas without current data-center development, ensuring customers across all regions benefit from responsible, customer-protective growth protective growth.

These projects also bolster state and local tax bases that fund schools, roads and public services, creating long-term benefits for families and communities.

Site Selection magazine assesses each utility's job-creating infrastructure and facility investment trends, innovative programs and incentives for businesses and website tools and data. You can view the magazine's profile of Entergy in the September 2026 print issue and online .

Customer investments

Entergy Mississippi's Superpower Mississippi initiative represents the largest grid investment in the company's 100-year history, including nearly $1 billion in system upgrades and a 50% increase in reliability spending. Supported by more than $2 billion in revenue from large industrial customers such as Amazon Web Services, these investments are being made at no additional cost to customers while targeting a 50% reduction in outages and improving long-term competitiveness for future economic development projects.

Economic development resources

Entergy provides companies with access to essential information needed to locate, expand and promote their business within our four-state region. In addition, we provide companies with services in site selection, project management, large projects and contracts.

Learn how we can power your business at GoEntergy.com .

Our advanced site-selection website, BuildingsAndSites.com , features more than 79 site listings across the Entergy Mississippi service area.

About Entergy Mississippi

Entergy Mississippi provides electricity to approximately 459,000 customers in 45 counties. Entergy Mississippi is a subsidiary of 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 EntergyMississippi.com and connect with @EntergyMS on social media.

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