As of 1:00 p.m., approximately 65,000 customers remain without power, down from a peak of 91,500 outages.
The damage from this ice storm is comparable to a category 3 hurricane, but unlike a hurricane, where damage can largely be assessed once a storm passes, ice storm damage is often hidden.
Restoration is well underway as Entergy Louisiana crews continue making progress assessing damage and restoring power to customers impacted by severe winter weather.
Restoration is well underway as Entergy Louisiana crews continue making progress assessing damage and restoring power to customers impacted by severe winter weather.
– Entergy Louisiana’s storm team of approximately 4,000, continues working to restore power in the midst of freezing temperatures, ice accumulation and hazardous conditions across the company’s service territory.
Entergy Louisiana’s storm team continues assessing damage and restoring power following a significant January winter storm that brought freezing temperatures, ice accumulation and hazardous conditions across Entergy’s Louisiana service territory.
As of 6 p.m., there were approximately 86,000 customer outages across the Entergy Louisiana service territory. Crews have begun restoring power where it is safe to do so but continued icy road conditions may delay teams from safely traveling to restore power.
As of 7 a.m., approximately 53,345 customers across Entergy Louisiana’s service area are without power as a result of winter weather impacting the region. Ice accumulation, freezing temperatures and hazardous road conditions make restoration efforts challenging by slowing access to damaged equipment and creating unsafe working conditions.
Winter weather has arrived across our service area, bringing snow, ice and freezing rain. Forecasts call for below-freezing temperatures to last for several days into early next week, with more than a half-inch of ice possible in some areas.
As winter weather is expected to impact our region, Entergy continues to take proactive steps to support customer safety and system reliability. We have secured approximately 750 additional resources and are actively preparing our teams and infrastructure to respond quickly to potential impacts.
Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans continue to actively monitor the frigid temperatures and winter precipitation expected to move through the region this weekend. While forecasts are continually changing and the exact impact to the Louisiana service area is hard to predict, crews are prepared to respond to whatever Mother Nature delivers.