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Utility Giant Ditches Coal by 2030
2 Jun
Summary
- Entergy serves three million electric customers across four Southern states.
- Company operates five nuclear reactors and plans coal facility retirement by 2030.
- Natural gas revenues were $113 million in 2025 before gas distribution sale.
Entergy Corporation, a prominent vertically integrated utility, primarily operates electric services across the Gulf Coast region. The company's five regulated subsidiaries provide wholesale and retail electric operations, serving approximately three million electric customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Entergy maintains a significant generation capacity of 24 GW, including five nuclear reactors, and operates about 16,000 transmission lines. Management has projected the retirement of its coal facilities by the close of 2030.
Before divesting its gas distribution operations in the third quarter of 2025, Entergy had served roughly 200,000 natural gas customers. The company's current energy generation mix comprises 21% nuclear, 68% natural gas, 8% coal, and 3% renewable sources.
