Just over 1,100 customers remain without power tonight after Entergy Arkansas crews restored power to thousands over the last several days. More than 46,000 customer interruptions have been restored since Friday evening.
Everyone understands that restoring power is the first order of business. Crews are now cleaning up broken poles, wire, etc as workload permits. Please be patient, as we work to remove the remaining equipment and debris.
Approximately 2,536 customers from a peak of 22,700 remain without power, with most expected to be restored today by 10 p.m. A total of 44,000 customer interruptions have been restored since Friday evening, while some areas in the northern portion of the state will not be energized until later in the evening or Wednesday, May 29.
After a weekend of severe weather that caused widespread damages to the electric grid, today provided favorable weather conditions for crews to make remarkable progress in repairs and rebuilding both transmission and distribution systems.
Crews have worked around the clock to safely restore power since multiple rounds of severe weather caused widespread outages across Entergy Arkansas’ service territory starting the afternoon of May 25 through early morning May 26. Currently, 6,045 customers remain without power. Many customers will receive power by tonight at 10 p.m. However, due to structural damage, complex terrain and vegetation debris in the most heavily impacted areas, estimated restoration for some customers may be extended.
Entergy Arkansas crews and contractors have restored approximately 63,000 customers since the storm event(s) began Friday afternoon. Crews continue to work to restore the remaining outages carried over from Saturday, May 25.
Severe weather with reports of multiple tornadoes in Northwest Arkansas early this morning has caused damage and additional outages throughout the state. Currently there are approximately 22,000 customer outages. The Flippin service territory appears to have the hardest impact and has extensive damage to the transmission system. Estimated restoration times listed below may be extended as damage assessments are completed along complex terrain or if there are any additional weather impacts.
Crews are working around the clock to safely restore power after multiple rounds of severe weather caused outages. We’ve restored a total of 57,000 customers since the event(s), started about 3 p.m. on Friday. Currently, 4,579 customers remain without power.
High winds, lightning and heavy rain moved through the state on the evening of May 24, into early morning of May 25, resulting in a peak of 24,000 customer outages.
Since the night of May 8, through the evening of May 9, Entergy Arkansas has restored approximately 43,000 customer outages resulting from multiple storm fronts that moved through the state. Currently there are approximately 1,430 remaining customer outages.