Entergy is an integrated electric utility company that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to millions of retail and wholesale customers across four states through five regional utility subsidiaries. The company operates a diverse generation portfolio including nuclear, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, and solar facilities, recovering revenues primarily through state and federal cost-of-service regulation that establishes authorized returns on equity, supplemented by fuel adjustment mechanisms and wholesale market participation. Entergy serves residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers, with industrial demand concentrated in petroleum refining and chemical production, and earns revenues from retail rate recovery, rider mechanisms for infrastructure investments, and wholesale capacity and energy sales.