Entergy Mississippi continues to restore power after a second wave of severe thunderstorms and high winds moved through our service area on April 18, causing numerous outages which peaked at 28,300 customers.
About 24 hours after Entergy Mississippi restored power to all customers affected by the weekend storms, more severe weather struck. Thunderstorms and heavy rains swept through much of our service territory and multiple tornado warnings were in effect over the afternoon. As of 5 p.m., about 25,000 customers were without power as a result of the latest round of storms, most of which are in Hinds County.
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Entergy executives and government officials gathered in Westlake, Louisiana, on Jan. 22, 2018, to break ground for the Lake Charles Power Station, an $872 million natural gas-fired combined-cycle unit. The plant, which is scheduled to be in commercial operation by June 2020, will produce enough energy to meet the average power needs of 675,000 Louisiana homes.
Entergy has brought in approximately 300 employees and contractors to help in the restoration effort from storms that devastated the Entergy Texas service area. At 4 p.m., approximately 6,000 customers are without power. Crews are restoring power as safely and quickly as possible.
Tornadoes, along with high winds and severe thunderstorms, moved through the Entergy Mississippi service area causing numerous outages. Additional crews are being brought in to help with the restoration effort. As of Sunday at noon, the customer outage count was 21,284. Updated information about outages, damage assessment and estimated restoration time will be updated later today, Sunday, April 14.
As severe weather moves through our service territory, we have multiple reports of downed lines. If you see a downed line, call 1-800-968-8243 immediately to report it. Keep far away from the line, as the line may still be energized. For more #safety tips➡https://t.co/ROelpkgAai https://t.co/igSlbwhO1Y
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In 2018, our employees invested ~112K hours volunteering alongside community partners, advocates, customers and neighbors, generating more than $3.5M in economic impact to our service areas. Check out the great work they did ➡ https://t.co/YHN8vj02cH #NationalVolunteersMonth