Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana L.L.C. Leadership

P. J. Martinez - Vice President, Distribution Operations

P. J. Martinez, formerly vice president of strategic initiatives, is vice president, distribution operations, Louisiana. He is responsible for overseeing electric service and reliability to well over one million customers in the state and reports to Louisiana president and CEO Renae Conley and New Orleans chairman and CEO Rod West. He has led the Louisiana operations group since 2004.

Martinez joined Entergy in June 1981 and was previously responsible for the performance of Entergy’s utility operations six sigma projects and the management of the strategic initiatives functions, including benchmarking. Prior to being named vice president of strategic initiatives, Martinez was distribution operations director for Entergy Arkansas, a post he held from 1999 to 2001.

He brings a broad range of experience to Entergy in fossil, substation, transmission and distribution operations. His career includes foreign assignments in Australia, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. Martinez led the Entergy acquisition teams in the $2.2 billion purchase of London Electricity in the U.K., and the $1.2 billion acquisition of Citipower in Australia. He served as Citipower’s general manager of distribution from 1996 to 1998. In that role, he led Citipower’s distribution business to World Best Practice performance in the areas of cost efficiency and service reliability.

A recognized leader in the power engineering field, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine named Martinez a "Hispanic Power Hitter" in its spring 2002 issue, one of only two Entergy employees to receive that recognition. In 2006, the magazine announced that Martinez had been selected as one of the nation’s Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business. It is the second year that Martinez has received the honor, also being named to the list in the June 2003 edition of the magazine. Martinez has received the Pinnacle and Chairman’s Awards from Entergy’s CEO and Chairman for his outstanding contributions. He received the University of New Orleans Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award in 1999.

Born in Cuba, Martinez immigrated to the United States in 1967. He earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Orleans in 1981, and received his master of business administration from UNO in 1988.

Updated 2/08