Entergy recently participated in a briefing in Washington, D.C. to educate Congress about how electric utilities prepare for and respond to natural disasters.

We thank you for your patience while we restored your power as a result of the storms that occurred Sunday evening. Restoration is complete and electrical power has been restored to all customers who can safely receive power.

Power has been restored to nearly all Entergy Arkansas customers impacted by this week’s storms. Since the peak outage count of 39,370 during the evening of Aug. 18, Entergy Arkansas has successfully restored power to 99% of customers impacted.

Sunday evening thunderstorms brought heavy rains, strong winds, and lightning strikes into our service territory, causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs resulting in a peak outage count of 21,103.

Entergy Arkansas has successfully restored power to 93% of customers impacted by multiple storm fronts on Sunday.

Overnight thunderstorms brought heavy rains, strong winds, and lighting strikes into our service territory causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs resulting in outages and damages to our facilities. A strong restoration effort has taken place today.

Several rounds of strong winds, lightning and heavy rain moved through the state on Aug. 18, continuing into the early morning hours of Aug. 19, resulting in a peak of 39,000 customer outages.

The Edison Electric Institute recently awarded Entergy with its 49th Emergency Recovery Award, recognizing the dedication and excellence of our power restoration workers. Entergy was specifically recognized for outstanding restoration efforts earlier this year following a severe weather event that traveled a large portion of our service area.