As of 8 a.m. Sunday, power had been restored to approximately 66,000 of the 92,000 customers affected by the storm that caused significant damage to Entergy infrastructure, largely in southeast Louisiana. The New Orleans metro area and Hammond areas were hit the hardest by the storm that downed trees and damaged more than 150 poles.
Crews have made progress, reducing a Saturday morning peak of 92,000 customer outages to 31,000 — a more than 60% decrease — by 7 p.m.
Olga moved quickly through Louisiana, bringing thunderstorms and high winds that knocked out power to more than 92,000 customers at its peak Saturday morning. As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, approximately 77,000 customer outages remained.
It finally feels like fall in most of our service area, which means the holidays are right around the corner. Why not get a jump-start on the celebrations by making sure your kitchen is as energy efficient as it can be?
If donations were baseball plays, this was a grand slam! In August, Entergy Mississippi presented a check totaling $418,237 to the Salvation Army during Power to Care night at Trustmark Park. The donation from our shareholders, employees and customers set a new annual fundraising record for The Power to Care, which helps elderly and disabled customers pay their electricity bills in times of financial crisis.
Donations help vulnerable customers pay utility bills.
In 2018, Entergy Louisiana avoided emissions of carbon dioxide equal to the amount released in a year by more than 2.5 million passenger cars. How? With the safe, reliable, emission-free operations of our River Bend and Waterford 3 nuclear plants, operated by hundreds of dedicated and highly-trained nuclear professionals.
Entergy is working to make power affordable and reliable for customers, and cleaner for the environment.
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