Entergy Mississippi continues to make progress after a round of thunderstorms with high winds and lightning moved through the service area Tuesday, causing power outages to approximately 16,900 customers. As of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, crews have restored power to roughly 70% of customers, and approximately 4,600 customers remain without power.
A round of thunderstorms with high winds and lightning moved through the Entergy Mississippi service territory today resulting in widespread customer outages.
The Edison Electric Institute recently awarded Entergy with its 50th Emergency Response Award, recognizing the dedication and excellence of our power restoration workers during and after Hurricane Francine.
Entergy Mississippi has successfully completed restoring power to all customers in whose homes and businesses could safely take electricity following Saturday night’s severe weather.
More than 91% of customers have been restored.
Entergy Mississippi crews, contractors, tree trimmers and scouts are working diligently to restore power following Saturday night’s severe weather system that caused widespread damages and a peak of 30,491 customer outages in the central and southern portions of our service area. As of 7 p.m., we have already restored power to about 26,000 customers.
Restoration underway after storms cause widespread damage across service area
Meet Marcelle Piglia, an incident response manager in the crisis readiness and response group, based out of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Customers used more electricity during the January winter storm than ever before in cold-weather
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