Local philanthropists Oliver G. “Rick” and Donna Richard have dedicated a downtown statue saluting the linemen and linewomen who came from all over the United States to restore electrical power after Hurricane Laura.
The last two hurricane seasons have shown that extreme weather events are impacting the Gulf Coast region more often and with more severity. And this means additional costs to repair and disruptions to our customers. In just the last few years, Entergy’s service area has been impacted by multiple, more frequent, and intense severe storms, including hurricanes Laura and Ida; two of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana.
Louisiana residents have used a lot of power over the past couple of months, and that increased usage coupled with high natural gas prices used to produce electricity has impacted utility bills.
Utility crews are expected to have power restored to the vast majority of Louisiana customers tonight following the impact of Wednesday’s severe weather. As of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, approximately 2,500 Entergy Louisiana customers remained without power, down from a peak of roughly 42,000. Entergy New Orleans’ peak of 4,274 outages due to the Wednesday storm have been completely restored.
Utility crews have restored power to all New Orleans East customers affected by Tuesday’s severe weather and expect to restore power to Arabi-area customers who can safely accept electric service by sometime today.
Utility crews are continuing to make progress restoring power to communities in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes that were affected by severe weather and a tornado last night. They expect to restore power to:
We’re building back stronger after Hurricane Ida caused significant damage across our coastal communities. We’re installing class-one utility poles with extra hardened footings for critical power lines in areas where the storm’s strongest winds were felt. Digging deeper holes and placing new poles into steel caissons are ways we’re strengthening the grid and combating poor soil conditions in our coastal communities. These new structures meet the most up-to-date design standards and can withstand 150-mph winds. Watch how we’re making the electrical system more resilient:
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