High heat can lead to high bills, but there are savings to be had

JACKSON, Miss. - This dog days of summer are here, and air conditioners are humming. But high heat doesn't have to mean high bills. Along with weatherizing your home to help keep cool air in, Entergy Mississippi customers can also use billing tools and assistance programs to lower their bills.

"Entergy has a number of website tools and assistance programs to help customers with their bills," said Dale Hancock, Entergy Mississippi director of customer service for the central region.

Entergy's energy saving tools and programs include:

  •  Analyze My Bill:  An interactive tool, which allows customers to learn how much energy they use month to month, and pinpoint where they can save money.  It is available at entergy-mississippi.com/your_home/my_account/

  •  Money-saving calculators:  Customers can access a slew of energy-saving tips and calculators at entergy.com/save_money/ to determine the best cost-cutting scenarios to suit their lifestyle, home and billing needs.

  • Customer assistance programs:  Entergy's customer assistance programs can provide a helping hand to qualified customers struggling to keep safe and cool. For contact information of community partners who administer customer assistance funds, please visit entergy.com/our_community/low_income.aspx.

Entergy Mississippi, Inc. provides electricity to approximately 441,000 customers in 45 counties. It is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. 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, including more than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one of the nation's leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and approximately 14,000 employees.


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