Entergy Plants Continue Safe Operations Following Earthquake

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Aug 23, 2011, 03:59 ET

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation issued the following statement after an earthquake was felt Tuesday afternoon across much of the northeastern United States:

"All Entergy nuclear plants continue to operate as normal following a 5.9 earthquake originating in Virginia but felt in neighboring states and in Washington D.C. No damage has been reported at any of our sites."

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.

Entergy's online address is .entergy.com

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