Entergy Corp – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Entergy Corp demonstrates a moderate level of governance in its lobbying activities, including climate-related advocacy. The company discloses that its Board of Directors, specifically the Corporate Governance Committee, plays a key role in overseeing public policy engagement and political participation, ensuring alignment with Entergy’s policies and values. "At least annually, our Corporate Governance Committee reviews the report on our political contributions and payments to trade associations that use a portion of the dues for lobbying activity before it is published and receives an update on our lobbying activities." Additionally, Entergy’s federal lobbying activities are overseen by the Senior Vice President — Federal Policy, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, while state and local lobbying activities require approval from the applicable subsidiary’s vice president of external or governmental affairs. "All lobbyists engaged by Entergy are carefully vetted and selected by the senior governmental affairs officer in the appropriate entity." The company also publishes an annual Advocacy and Political Contributions Report, which includes information on political contributions, trade association dues used for lobbying, and details on lobbying activities. However, while Entergy provides oversight mechanisms and periodic reviews, there is no explicit evidence of a comprehensive process to align its lobbying activities specifically with climate-related goals, nor does it disclose actions taken to address misalignment in trade associations or industry bodies. The governance framework does not include a detailed audit or third-party review of climate lobbying alignment, which limits the robustness of its approach. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Entergy Corp demonstrates a moderate level of governance in its lobbying activities, including climate-related advocacy. The company discloses that its Board of Directors, specifically the Corporate Governance Committee, plays a key role in overseeing public policy engagement and political participation, ensuring alignment with Entergy’s policies and values. "At least annually, our Corporate Governance Committee reviews the report on our political contributions and payments to trade associations that use a portion of the dues for lobbying activity before it is published and receives an update on our lobbying activities." Additionally, Entergy’s federal lobbying activities are overseen by the Senior Vice President — Federal Policy, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, while state and local lobbying activities require approval from the applicable subsidiary’s vice president of external or governmental affairs. "All lobbyists engaged by Entergy are carefully vetted and selected by the senior governmental affairs officer in the appropriate entity." The company also publishes an annual Advocacy and Political Contributions Report, which includes information on political contributions, trade association dues used for lobbying, and details on lobbying activities. However, while Entergy provides oversight mechanisms and periodic reviews, there is no explicit evidence of a comprehensive process to align its lobbying activities specifically with climate-related goals, nor does it disclose actions taken to address misalignment in trade associations or industry bodies. The governance framework does not include a detailed audit or third-party review of climate lobbying alignment, which limits the robustness of its approach.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Comprehensive	Entergy Corp provides a highly detailed picture of its climate-policy lobbying. It names a wide range of specific measures it has engaged on, including the federal “Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation,” the “Inflation Reduction Act,” the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” the New Orleans “Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard,” advocacy for a national “Carbon Tax,” participation in the “Louisiana Coastal Master Plan,” and work on the New Orleans “Climate Action Plan.” The company is equally explicit about how it lobbies: disclosures reference “CEO face-to-face meetings with over 40 members of Congress, five key Administration officials, and three southern state governors,” public letters of support, op-eds, hosting a “Clean Energy Future Forum,” and ongoing engagement through trade groups such as the Edison Electric Institute and C2ES, as well as direct collaboration with bodies like the New Orleans City Council and the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Entergy also spells out what it wants from these efforts, backing an “economy-wide, sustainable price on carbon that predictably increases over time,” seeking “investment in R&D for retrofit carbon capture and sequestration,” advocating that allowance auction revenues be recycled to protect low-income customers, and pushing for technology-neutral standards that deliver net-zero electricity in New Orleans by 2040 and a zero-carbon portfolio by 2050. This combination of clearly identified policies, concrete lobbying channels and targets, and specific legislative outcomes demonstrates a comprehensive level of transparency around the company’s climate-related lobbying activities.	A