Entergy New Orleans, formerly New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (NOPSI), is an electric and natural gas utility and former mass transit provider that was based in
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The various
streetcar lines of New Orleans were consolidated under NOPSI's control in 1922. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, NOPSI converted all the original streetcar lines in New Orleans, except for the
St. Charles Streetcar Line
The St. Charles Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. Running since 1835, it is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world. It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). ...
, to bus service.
It was headquartered in a building built in 1929, which later became the
NOPSI New Orleans
NOPSI New Orleans, or the NOPSI Hotel, is a hotel in the historic NOPSI building in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana.
The building is the former headquarters of New Orleans' main utilities company, the New Orleans Public Service Incorporated, which ...
hotel.
In 1983, control of the system's mass transit was transferred to a public agency, the
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority. NOPSI became Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of
Entergy, in April 1996.
Facilities
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New Orleans Power Station
The New Orleans Power Station is a natural gas–fired electrical power plant in New Orleans. It is operated by Entergy New Orleans and regulated by the New Orleans City Council. It is located at the foot of the Paris Road Bridge in the New Orlea ...
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Companies based in New Orleans
Transportation in New Orleans
Bus transportation in Louisiana
Passenger rail transportation in Louisiana
Electric power companies of the United States
Natural gas companies of the United States
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