Entergy Corporation

Entergy Charitable Foundation Focuses on Grants to Low-Income Areas

July 12, 2003

NEW ORLEANS, LA – The Entergy Charitable Foundation was founded to focus on supporting non-profit organizations that serve low-income populations in Entergy Corporation’s service area. Since this area encompasses some of the poorest communities in the United States, the Foundation’s central focus is on funding initiatives that help create and sustain thriving communities.

“We are committed to making a positive and lasting impact on the communities served by the Entergy Corporation,” said Horace Webb, president and CEO of the Entergy Charitable Foundation. “It is not only a key to defining Entergy as a business leader, but it is also simply the right thing to do.”

Grants awarded during the second funding cycle for 2003 totaled over $780,000.

Some of the organizations receiving grants included:

The Foundation for the Mid South – Mid South Individual Development Account Initiative which enable low-income families to save, build assets and enter the financial mainstream.

Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids – A youth summer enrichment camp in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Louisiana Resource Center for Educators – To assist with National Teacher’s Exam preparation for education students at Southern University at Baton Rouge.

Mid Delta Workforce Alliance – Communities in Schools program to address workforce development in the mid delta region of Mississippi.

Excellence in Education – The Historic New Orleans Collection program to teach America history to students in New Orleans schools.

Hendrick Hudson Free Library – A cultural events program for youth and adults in New York.

Plymouth Public Library Corporation – An adult literacy and tutoring program for recent immigrants to Massachusetts from Brazil.

Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program – To provide free mobile mammography and breast exams to economically disadvantaged women in Texas during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

For a complete listing of the second cycle 2003 ECF grant recipients, log onto Entergy’s Web site at www.entergy.com.

The deadline for submitting proposals for the third and final funding cycle of 2003 ECF grants is August 1, 2003. Applications for ECF grants can be obtained by logging on to Entergy’s Web site at www.entergy.com and selecting “In the Community.” Applications may also be obtained by calling 1-877-285-2006 or writing to the Entergy Charitable Foundation at:

Entergy Charitable Foundation

P.O. Box 61000

New Orleans, La. 70161

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production, retail distribution operations, energy marketing and trading, and gas transportation. Entergy owns and operates power plants with about 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Through Entergy-Koch, LP, it is also a leading provider of wholesale energy marketing and trading services, as well as an operator of natural gas pipeline and storage facilities. Entergy has annual revenues of over $8 billion and more than 15,000 employees. The Entergy Charitable Foundation is a separate corporation funded by the stockholders of the Entergy Corporation.