Energy Efficiency and Weatherization

An afternoon spent caulking around windows, insulating behind light-switch and electrical-outlet plates, and swapping out incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)–"curly bulbs"–as Joyce Armstead called them-can make a tremendous change in a person's comfort and checkbook.

It's because of customers that Entergy promotes the need for energy efficiency as well as offers weatherization for qualified customers' homes.

A few of our recent projects include:

• In 2009, more than 5,400 homes were weatherized throughout the communities we serve.
• Almost 3,000 elderly and disabled customers received box fans and air-conditioning units during "Beat the Heat" events.
• 2,000 Mississippi public school students were taught energy efficiency and provided weatherization kits they could use in their own homes.
• 856 New Orleans families and individuals attended Entergy's "Energy Wise" workshops designed to assist people awarded new homes through the redevelopment of New Orleans' Lafitte/Trem'e community.