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Entergy prepares for the 2025 hurricane season with storm drill
05/21/2025
Preparing for stormy weather is what we do at Entergy. As part of our extensive year-round focus on incident preparation, Entergy employees recently participated in an annual tropical storm exercise.
During the exercise, a mock Category 4 storm made a simulated landfall near the Bolivar Peninsula located in Southwest Texas. Employees across our four-state service area tested and role-played how they would respond, including their restoration efforts, operations, logistics, communications and customer service responses.
Representatives from Tulane University’s Emergency and Security Studies program observed Entergy employees’ and shared insights on how the organization trains for its response efforts.
“Oftentimes in an exercise folks will rely heavily on assumptions about what support or capabilities they can expect. But real-world events are filled with challenges, obstacles, and unexpected factors that rise, which is why we were impressed to see Entergy’s approach to their tropical storm exercise,” said Dr. Rebecca Rouse, professor of practice and associate program director emergency and security studies at Tulane. “The various departments tested their plans for weakness versus rigging the scenario to ensure success. They started with vulnerabilities and lessons learned from the past and worked thoroughly through these. This kind of execution effectively reveals gaps in planning so the operators can avoid using precious resources to wrangle these later when the actual storms roll in- a great way to prepare for any emergency.”
The storm exercise gave employees a chance to sharpen their storm-response skills and prepare for this year’s hurricane season that experts predict forecast a total of 17 named storms, nine being hurricanes – four of which are predicted to be major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher. This forecast follows a stormy spring season that brought devastating tornadoes to communities we serve in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
“Hurricanes Beryl and Francine caused widespread damage to our Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas service areas. We must remain ready for a variety of threats, which is why are continuing to refine how we train and prepare for storm season.” said Dakin DuBroc, vice president, incident response. “Our team takes training seriously and I am proud of their commitment to being prepared for anything.”
Customers encouraged to prepare now
Entergy remains storm ready and we want you to be ready, too. Our Storm Center features checklists and other helpful information that can be used to create a pre-storm kit and prepare for hurricane season.
