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Curt L. Hébert Jr. joined Entergy Corporation as Executive Vice President External Relations on September 1 2001 after a lengthy career as a government energy regulator at both the federal and state levels. His responsibilities include supervision of the company’s system and federal government relations system regulatory affairs external and internal communications corporate contribution functions and environmental policy. He serves as a member of the Office of Chief Executive and reports to Entergy’s CEO J. Wayne Leonard.
During his tenure at the company Entergy has won a series of major prestigious honors including the Edison Award from the Edison Electric Institute in 2005 and 2002 the Global Power Company of the Year Award from Platts and Business Week in 2002 and the Global Energy Company of the Year and CEO of the Year awards from Platts and Business Week in 2003.
Prior to becoming an Entergy executive Hébert served four years as a presidential appointee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was named to a Republican seat on FERC by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and was elevated to chairman by President George W. Bush in January 2001. He resigned from the commission August 31 2001 to accept his Entergy position. FERC is an independent federal commission that among its duties regulates the sale of electric power intended for resale and transmission the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce the siting and construction of natural gas pipelines and the licensing and development of private hydroelectric projects on navigable waters. During Hébert’s service as a member and later chairman FERC was active in the restructuring of the electric utility and natural gas pipeline industries to promote competition.
Before going to Washington Hébert was chairman of the Mississippi Public Service Commission and a leader of the Mississippi Legislature. His public service began with his 1987 election to the Mississippi House of Representatives where he served until 1992. During that time he chaired both the House Oil and Gas Committee and the House Ways and Means Severance Subcommittee. In 1992 Hébert was appointed by Governor Kirk Fordice to the Mississippi Public Service Commission. At age 29 he was the youngest public service commissioner in the nation and the youngest in Mississippi’s history. He was elected to a second term on the commission in 1995 and served as the commission’s chairman in 1994-96. Hébert is a former president of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and a former member of the executive committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Hébert a native of Pascagoula Miss. has completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a juris doctorate from Mississippi College School of Law. He is a member of Mississippi Bar and the Energy Bar Association. | 