# Who does Entergy pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/entergy · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-11T23:08:38.266591+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Entergy's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include NextEra Energy plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 2 dated sources, 0 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-11).

### Cottonwood Energy Company LP (high)
- metric: Contract value $1.5B · Proposed Cottonwood Generation Facility acquisition · Approximate purchase price stated for the proposed Cottonwood acquisition
- note: Entergy Louisiana applied for regulatory approval to acquire the 1,263 MW Cottonwood combined-cycle plant in Texas from Cottonwood Energy Company LP. The disclosed purchase price is approximately $1.5 billion, and the transaction remains subject to approval.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65984/000006598426000174/etr-20251231.htm: "costs of the acquisition, including the approximately $1.5 billion purchase price"
- [confirms] Louisiana Public Service Commission (EN, filing, published 2026-01-06) https://www.lpsc.louisiana.gov/docs/RFP/RFP-25-18-UPC.pdf: "seeking the Commission's approval to acquire the Cottonwood Generating Facility ... from Cottonwood Energy Company LP"

### NextEra Energy (mid)  → /nextera-energy.md
- metric: capacity 175 MW · 20-year Coastal Prairie Solar PPA · Capacity covered by the PPA with NextEra Energy Resources affiliate Coastal Prairie Solar
- note: Entergy Louisiana entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with Coastal Prairie Solar, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. The contracted solar facility has approximately 175 MW of capacity.
- [confirms] Entergy (EN, ir, published 2023-03-03) https://www.entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-seeks-approval-add-nearly-225-megawatts-solar-power-its-generation-mix: "a 20-year purchase power agreement with Coastal Prairie Solar, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC"

### D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (mid)
- metric: capacity 50 MW · 20-year Sunlight Road Solar PPA · Capacity covered by the PPA with DESRI's Sunlight Road Solar
- note: Entergy Louisiana purchases power from DESRI's Sunlight Road Solar under a 20-year PPA. The 50 MW facility began commercial operations in November 2024.
- [confirms] Entergy (EN, ir, published 2024-11-26) https://www.entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-desri-announce-start-commercial-operations-at-sunlight-road-solar: "The 50-megawatt solar facility ... will supply power to Entergy Louisiana's grid through a 20-year power-purchase agreement."

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