About us

Providing clean, reliable and affordable power to Southeast Texas

At a glance

• 1,085 employees.

• 1,033 retirees.

• More than 500,000 customers.*

• 27 counties, 15,320 square miles.

• Headquarters in Beaumont and The Woodlands, Texas.

Hardware

• 556,381 utility distribution poles.

• 25,835 transmission poles.

• 14,179 circuit miles of distribution lines.

• 2,689 circuit miles of transmission lines.

• 280 substations.

History

• The company traces its roots to Gulf States Utilities, which merged with New Orleans-based Entergy Corporation in 1994. Following the merger, the company’s operations in Texas became known as Entergy Texas.