Crews restore power to more than 36,000 customers following severe stormsnJACKSON, Miss. – Overnight thunderstorms brought heavy rains, hail, lightning strikes, and strong winds of up to 100 mph into Entergy Mississippi’s service territory – causing fallen trees and limbs to damage our facilities and cause outages.
Did you know that, according to ENERGY STAR®, in the average American household, almost half of the annual energy bill goes to heating and cooling? Summer is approaching, and you can keep your home comfortable without any compromise. Our A/C Tune-up Program is here to help you get ready for the hot days ahead and keep you comfortable all summer long. You may be eligible for an air conditioning tune-up at no additional cost through Entergy Mississippi, which goes beyond a regular seasonal check-up. Our participating trade ally will assess your system’s performance and make any necessary adjustments to ensure maximum efficiency, increase comfort, and save on energy costs.
First community college campus in Mississippi with EV charging stationsnJACKSON, Miss. – Hinds Community College is leading the state as the first community college campus with an electric vehicle charging station. Six chargers were installed on the Raymond campus in February, as the first site of Adopt a Charger’s Charge Up! Mississippi initiative. The program is supported by a $160,000 grant from Entergy’s Environmental Initiatives Fund.
We thank you for your patience while we restored your power as a result of storms that began April 9. Restoration is complete and electrical power has been restored to all customers who can safely receive power.
Continued restoration progress was made overnight and as of 9 a.m., 1,431 customers remain without power from this week’s severe storms and high winds. As of 9 a.m. Saturday, 85,596 customers have had their power restored.
Significant restoration progress was made overnight and as of 8 a.m., 6,844 customers remain without power from this week’s severe storms and high winds. As of 8 a.m. Friday, 69,966 customers have had their power restored.
Crews continue to make progress on the restoration process since Tuesday evening and Wednesday’s severe storms caused extensive damage to facilities across Entergy Mississippi’s service area. The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes impacted customers in Hinds and Madison counties.
Several thunderstorms, hail, lightning, high winds and at least two confirmed tornadoes passed through the state Tuesday night and continued throughout Wednesday, causing extensive damage to our facilities across Entergy Mississippi’s service area. At peak, 33,600 customers have lost power from the damaging storms. As of 2 p.m. Thursday, there are approximately 22,000 customers without power.
Several thunderstorms, hail, lightning and high winds that passed through the state Tuesday night and continued throughout Wednesday caused extensive damage to our facilities across Entergy Mississippi’s service area. At peak, 33,600 customers have lost power from the damaging storms. As of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, there are 25,853 customers without power.
Overnight thunderstorms caused extensive damage across Entergy Mississippi’s service area. Our crews have begun restoring power as soon as quickly and safely as possible. The majority of outages are in the Vicksburg, Madison, Jackson and Natchez areas. As of 1:30 p.m., we have 26,997 customers without power.