Early morning storms bringing strong, gusty high winds entered our Entergy service territory causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs resulting in outages and damages to our facilities. Outages peaked at 10,597 customers impacted at 9:15 am. As of 1:30 pm, 5,712 customers remain without power.
Hurricanes, tornadoes and winter ice storms are often described as “having a mind of their own,” but advanced planning and training makes the overall response as immediate and efficient as possible.
Even in areas where extremely cold temperatures are not persistent, it's still important to be ready for freezing and inclement weather, which can move in quickly.
The aerial saw provides a safe and efficient tool for crews to maintain vegetation around power transmission and distribution systems.
Entergy’s Storm Center has a new, cleaner look and a more customer-centric layout making it easier to find information and resources.
Entergy's generation fleet successfully supports all-time high electricity usage.
The report – submitted to the Mississippi Public Service Commission – acknowledges that, while the team of restoration workers worked very hard under the extraordinary severe weather challenges, we did not meet our customers’ expectations.
We are continually monitoring the increased risk of wildfires caused by these highly unusual weather conditions.