the recent storms knocked power out for 194,496 of our customers across our service territory. at 8:45 a.m., we had 169,733 customers out of service.
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crews are performing damage assessments and restoring power where it is safe to do so, including in hard hit north louisiana, after waves of violent thunderstorms crossed the state on easter sunday.
at 12:15 p.m., we had 28,000 customers out of power due to the storms, with the majority in louisiana. outages could continue across our territory today into tonight as the storms move to the east.
as the company prepares, mississippians should, too
entergy texas has restored power to 30,000 customers since the peak of the storm.
as part of our preparations, we are incorporating needed precautions related to the covid-19 pandemic.
the arkansas public service commission (“commission”) has issued an order continuing the suspension of disconnections for nonpayment for all utility customers until further notice.
an additional 200 contract line workers and 50 vegetation workers were brought in to assist with the restoration effort.