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.
Louisiana has earned Business Facilities’ Platinum Deal of the Year for the second consecutive year, with Hyundai Steel’s $5.8 billion investment in Ascension Parish recognized as the nation’s most significant development announcement of 2025. With this selection, Louisiana becomes the first in the award’s history to receive consecutive Platinum honors.
Entergy Louisiana is partnering with state and local leaders to attract advanced manufacturing, technology and clean-energy projects that bring lasting opportunity.
Providing community grants is a meaningful and vital part of Entergy Louisiana’s commitment to improving lives across our state.
Louisiana has always been defined by resilience, our ability to endure hardship and emerge stronger. From hurricanes to economic challenges, our state has faced adversity time and again, proving that we can rise, adapt and rebuild.
Baton Rouge General (BRG), in partnership with Entergy Louisiana’s Power Through program and Enchanted Rock, celebrated a major milestone today with the activation of whole-facility generators at its Bluebonnet and Mid City campuses.