restoration progress over the last few days has reduced the number of customer outages caused by the series of winter storms. a significant number of outages still remain in louisiana and mississippi.
latest insights
as of 7 a.m., about 55,000 entergy mississippi customers remain without power as a result of wednesday’s winter weather, down from a peak of approximately 90,000. we have brought in more resources and, along with our own workforce, more than 1,800 lineworkers, vegetation workers, damage assessors and support personnel are restoring power as quickly and safely as possible.
if you lose power after being restored for a short time period, please report the outage to entergy again.
as of 8 a.m., there are approximately 690 customers without power. cold weather continues today as temperatures are expected to remain at or below freezing until saturday.
ice accumulation on trees and power lines from wednesday’s wave of winter weather continue causing significant power outages for customers across entergy mississippi’s service territory. our restoration efforts continue, as the demand for electricity is growing. we will restore service to our customers as safely and quickly as possible. however, restoration will take a few days.
another brutally cold night is in store. bundle up and conserve power, if you can.
entergy texas makes progress towards restoring most customers by end of day (2/18).
entergy’s louisiana storm team, now 3,600 strong, is continuing to assess damages to the electric system and restore power where it is safe to do so. multiple winter storms brought damaging freezing rain and ice to the state.