Icy conditions in our service area caused numerous customer outages throughout the day, with some outages repeating. Crews are diligently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
As of noon Thursday, approximately 12,000 customers are without power in the northern portion of our service area.
Entergy Mississippi is monitoring winter weather that is expected to bring sleet, freezing rain and ice accumulations in the northern part of our service territory today and tomorrow.
Crews continue to work around the clock to safely restore power; fewer than 8,000 outages remain
We have started restoring service to our customers where it is safe to do so and assessing damage to our system. A winter storm system bringing record and near-record low temperatures across most of the Entergy service area continues as we head into this holiday weekend.
More than 75% of customers restored in less than 24 hours; no power generation concerns at this time
Greg McGriff, who retired from Entergy Mississippi in March with 32 years of service, said he “had a good run” in his career as a troubleman and recently shared reflections on his experience in an episode of T&D World’s “Line Life” podcast.
Entergy's Louisiana utilities rose to the occasion after a tornado devastated parts of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes.
Nearly 80% of outages restored from Wednesday storms
Several storms brought flash flooding, lightning, damaging hail, and gusts of wind greater than 60 mph across the state Wednesday, causing approximately 26,000 customer interruptions and a peak of 16,525.
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