When picturing renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydroelectric power, it’s easy to first think of wide-open plains, cloudless desert skies and archway dams bordered by craggy overlooks and mountain passes.
They say it takes a village. But when extreme weather events tear apart the communities we serve, it actually takes an army of electric line workers and contractors to put the pieces back together again.
You’re in luck. Entergy Mississippi is here to help you go green and save a pot o’ gold by offering incentives for replacing old appliances with new qualifying ENERGY STAR®certified products.
When extreme weather causes power outages, thoughts usually turn to utility crews in bucket trucks repairing the poles and wires necessary to restore electric service. Behind the scenes, however, a completely different scenario is unfolding — one involving housing, food and fuel for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of workers.
Some 16 short years after being chartered, Mississippi Power & Light won second place in the utility division safety awards at the National Safety Congress in Atlantic City, N.J.
Show your home some love this month with energy-efficient products and services that can help save you money and energy. Our Entergy Solutions programs offer a variety of ways to increase your comfort at home while decreasing energy use.
As extreme cold affects the state this week, Entergy Mississippi is working hard to make sure customers can stay warm and safe. Snow, freezing rain, and/or accumulations of ice are possible for many parts of our service area today, followed by an extended period of extremely low temperatures over the next few days. Power restoration during extreme cold can take longer due to increased demands on equipment, people and resources. We have crews available and equipped to respond to outages across our service territory as safely and quickly as possible. Safety is our core value and always comes first.
While restoring power outages caused by severe weather and high winds that moved through the state Friday, Entergy Mississippi has also been monitoring and is prepared to respond to another major weather event expected across our service territory early this week.
Early morning storms bringing strong, gusty high winds entered our Entergy service territory Friday morning causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs, resulting in outages and damages to our facilities. Additionally, the winds continued to gust through the day Friday generating new outages. As of 9 a.m. today, Entergy has restored service to more than 22,086 customers. About 1,516 customers remain without power as of 1 p.m. Damage assessment has identified damages to 92 poles, eight transformers, 67 cross arms, and 260 spans (71,500 feet) of downed wire. A workforce of more than 580 damage assessors, vegetation crews, line workers, and support personnel are diligently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible through this event.
Early morning storms bringing strong, gusty high winds entered our Entergy service territory causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs resulting in outages and damages to our facilities. Additionally, the winds have continued to gust through the day generating new outages. As of 7:00 p.m., 3,887 customers remain without power. Damage assessment has identified damages to 83 poles, 7 transformers, 58 cross arms, and 225 spans (61,875 feet) of downed wire. A workforce of over 580 damage assessors, vegetation crews, line workers, and support personnel are diligently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible through this event.