NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Entergy Corp. says it plans to cut 800 jobs - nearly one-third of them in Louisiana, where the bulk of its employees live.
Spokesman Chanel Lagarde says the layoffs have begun and should be completed by the end of the year.
He says about 160 jobs are in the New Orleans area and another 80 statewide. That's about 6 percent of Entergy's metro-area jobs and 5 percent statewide. Louisiana layoffs make up 30 percent of the total.
Arkansas would lose about 165 jobs, Texas 115 and New York 110. About 10 percent of Entergy's Texas workers will lose their jobs; other figures range from 4 percent to 6 percent of the state total.
Mississippi stands to lose 80 jobs, Massachusetts, Michigan and Vermont about 30 each.