Entergy names May to head 2 subsidiaries

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Entergy Corp. says 50-year-old Phillip May Jr. will be the next chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of two subsidiaries.

He will succeed 53-year-old William Mohl in those positions for both Entergy Louisiana LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana LLC, the utility company said Tuesday.

On Feb. 1, Mohl is to become president of Entergy Wholesale Commodities.

May has worked for Entergy for 26 years, and has been vice president of regulatory services for Entergy's utility business since 2002. In that position, he dealt with rate design and administration, regulatory accounting and strategy in all five of Entergy's retail regulatory jurisdictions.

Entergy owns and runs power plants able to put out 30,000 megawatts of electricity, more than 10,000 megawatts of that from nuclear plants. It 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 15,000 employees.