Entergy Mississippi has restored power to more than 8,886 customers after severe thunderstorms with strong winds caused scattered outages in its southern and central service areas on Sunday evening. The storm caused more than 10,500 customer outages at peak. We have brought in additional resources to assist with the restoration effort. All of our crews, contractors and support staff continue to work as quickly and safely as possible to restore power the 1,614 customers remaining without power. We expect to restore most customers who can safely take power by Monday night, though some customers in the Jackson will carry over to Tuesday.

Mutual assistance, a hallmark of the electric power industry, has characterized successful responses to major incidents and disasters for decades. It draws on voluntary partnerships that allow impacted electric companies to access specialized equipment and skilled workers from unaffected companies to restore power safely and quickly. It is essential to restoration planning and is used regularly by investor-owned electric companies, public power utilities, and electric cooperatives across the nation.