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Entergy and its Employees' ENTERGY: Charitable Contributions In 2014, Entergy made almost $8.7 million in charitable FUELING and in-kind contributions to over 800 nonprofits organizations in , and Entergy employees volunteered almost 25,000 hours in civic efforts. LOUISIANA’S Some of our more notable donations included:

$3.268 MILLION FUTURE to social services programs such as “The Power to Care,” which provides emergency utility assistance to elderly and disabled Louisianans in crisis.

$2.3 MILLION to education in Louisiana including a $1 million donation for the new engineering building at Louisiana State University and the launching of four new schools in the Baton Rouge Achievement Zone.

$175,000 to the Nature Conservancy to restore Mollicy Bayou to its natural state.

Learn more about how Entergy continues to be a corporate force for economic development across Louisiana. Call us today at 800-542-2668 or visit GoEntergy.com.

This information is from “The Economic Impact of Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Entergy , Inc.; and Entergy Corporation Headquarters on the Louisiana Economy and Entergy’s Asset Regions in the State,” a report produced by Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc., Baton Rouge. 2015. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) RIMSII models were used to estimate the impact of Entergy’s capital and operating spending on new sales, new household earnings and new jobs in Louisiana. entergy.com What is Entergy Corporation’s impact on Louisiana and its people?

First, it can be measured in the direct impact of electricity and natural gas delivered by Entergy Entergy employs 4,460 people statewide with a payroll of over half a billion dollars. Total operating Louisiana, LLC and Entergy New Orleans, Inc. to almost 1.5 million industrial, commercial and expenses in 2014 spent within the state exceeded $1 billion. residential customers. But our service to the people of Louisiana can also be measured in the To maintain our commitment to offer affordable, reliable service, Entergy regularly adds or upgrades multiplier impact of capital investments and operations across Louisiana – in revenues produced, jobs power plants and transmission assets. Over the five-year period from 2010 to 2014, Entergy spent created, taxes generated, and contributions made to civic and charitable organizations. over $650 million in Louisiana on capital projects. While Entergy Corporation operates in the four-state region of Louisiana, , and And we’re planning for the future—Entergy is spending over $1.6 billion on new capital projects in , we chose to locate our headquarters in New Orleans, where we’re proud to fulfill our Louisiana in a five-year expansion program (2015-2019). responsibilities as a leading corporate citizen.

HERE’S HOW ENTERGY HELPS LOUISIANA THRIVE Our Home is Louisiana Our headquarters are firmly rooted in the Queen City of the South, New Orleans, where Entergy is an important part of the Louisiana economy. The $164.1 million we spent to operate our Operation of Entergy’s Facilities for a Year (2014) MORE THAN $1 BILLION headquarters in 2014 had this impact in Louisiana:

Our operations stimulated: $200.6 MILLION $201.8 MILLION 2,510 JOBS $1.5 BILLION $1.1 BILLION in WAGES spent on sales at created in household generated for SPENT paid to Louisiana residents, slightly more than the Louisiana businesses earnings for Louisianans Louisianans earnings of all workers in Louisiana’s massive with Louisiana firms hotel/motel industry

Entergy’s Economic Impact Across Louisiana For every another 5 JOBS 16 JOBS ENTERGY’S IMPACT are created Entergy creates elsewhere $14.0 $21.2 2010-2014 2015-2019 Entergy has Investing in Infrastructure BAYOU 281 Assets in 62 $36.4 $1.2 5,030 $1.6 $3.4 billion $20.4 NORTH of Louisiana's billion billion

ACADIANA 417 64 parishes. $652.9 $1.4 $464.9 2,150 $50.9 million billion million $54.0

NORTH LA 834 New capital projects New Sales at Louisiana New earnings for Average jobs CAPITAL businesses Louisiana residents created per year GNO $76.6 SOUTHWEST ACADIANA 2015 - 2019 Projections based on Plan $55.1 946 SOUTHWEST

Generating Revenue $358.1 MILLION IN STATE & LOCAL TAX REVENUES BAYOU $180.8 $195.1 Our operations and capital spending in 2014 generated a combined $358.1M CAPITAL 2,822 in state and local revenues, enough to send

34,137 Louisiana children $473.4 Business Sales to school for one year. $435.2 Household Earnings

GREATER 6,493 Jobs NEW ORLEANS NOTE: The operational and capital spending dollar figures shown in this reportonly represent Entergy’s estimated spend with vendors that have a presence within Louisiana’s boundaries. Entergy’s overall annual operational and capital spending budgets are much larger than the figures Sales, earnings and revenues in millions of dollars highlighted in this report.