Our restoration workers have restored nearly half of the electrical power outages caused by Hurricane Laura.
Entergy Louisiana crews continue making progress assessing, repairing damage.
As of 6 p.m., power has been restored to more than 50% of customers who lost power as a result of the storm; 25,000 customers remain without power.
Entergy Texas continue to progress with its restoration efforts in the after math of Hurricane Laura.
Company makes progress; currently does not expect to call for customer interruptions
Distribution system damage includes 895 poles, 438 transformers and 1,718 spans of wire.
Nearly 48,000 customers lost power due to Hurricane Laura, as trees toppled onto power lines and heavy winds caused damage to power poles and electrical equipment. More than half were restored by Friday afternoon, and the company expects 98% of customers who can take power will be restored by Sunday evening.
Hurricane Laura hits area especially hard; Some 130,000 lose power as storm barrels through