Warmer temperatures Saturday helped improve travel conditions for crews who are continuing to make significant progress restoring power where it is safe to do so after the second ice storm to cross Louisiana in less than a week heavily impacted the central and northern regions of the state.
Entergy Louisiana’s crews and contractors made significant progress Friday restoring power to customers affected by winter storms that brought damaging freezing rain and ice to the southern, central and northern regions of the state.
Entergy’s Louisiana storm team, now 3,600 strong, is continuing to assess damages to the electric system and restore power where it is safe to do so. Multiple winter storms brought damaging freezing rain and ice to the state.
Crews continued to make progress restoring power to customers in south Louisiana Wednesday as central and north Louisiana began seeing the impacts of a second winter storm in less than a week.
Entergy’s Louisiana storm restoration workers, now numbering 3,100, continue to make progress in restoring power to customers who lost it following Monday’s winter weather that brought snow, ice and freezing rain to our service territory.
Winter weather is causing power outages for customers across our service territory. Entergy Louisiana’s restoration team is continuing to restore power where it is safe to do so.
Winter weather is causing power outages for customers across our service territory. Entergy Louisiana’s restoration team is continuing to restore power where it is safe to do so.
Winter weather continues to significantly impact portions of Entergy’s service area in Louisiana, with approximately 60,000 customers without power as of noon. The Greater Baton Rouge and Tangipahoa Parish areas have been hardest hit.
Entergy Louisiana crews are on standby across the state as the utility prepares for snow, ice and freezing temperatures statewide beginning tonight and into the week.
NEW ORLEANS– Did you know that natural gas is odorless? Entergy adds mercaptan to its gas lines to create the distinctive smell of sulfur or rotten egg. This harmless odorant can help save your life by alerting you to a natural gas leak.
Emily Crowley, an apprentice line worker for Entergy Louisiana, discussed her career journey and job opportunities in the utility industry during the Center for Energy Workforce Development’s 2020 Careers in Energy Day. More than 1,000 job seekers registered for the virtual event last month.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC has restored power to all customers who can safely receive it after Hurricane Zeta significantly damaged the electric system in south Louisiana, including in hard-to-access coastal areas.
Entergy Louisiana’s storm team continues to restore power after Hurricane Zeta brought high winds and heavy rain across Louisiana.
Entergy Louisiana’s storm team continues to restore power after Hurricane Zeta brought high winds and heavy rain across Louisiana.
Entergy Louisiana’s storm team continues to restore power after Hurricane Zeta brought high winds and heavy rain across Louisiana.