Tag Archive for: Hurricane Harvey

Hardening the System After Historic Harvey

Even before the clouds passed, the rain ended and the final power outage was restored, Entergy employees came together to plan. First, Entergy worked to help customers and employees rebuild stronger communities. Entergy employees also worked to rebuild a stronger electric system. In the past year, Entergy Texas has taken steps to protect electric infrastructure, and improve restoration efforts following extreme weather.

Harvey Relief Gifts Spread Joy Throughout Southeast Texas

The $150,000 Entergy Texas grants that were announced for Hurricane Harvey relief before Thanksgiving is literally spreading joy across Southeast Texas.

Entergy Texas Announces Agencies to Receive $150K to Help Harvey Victims

This Thanksgiving could be a difficult one for victims of Hurricane Harvey, and Entergy Texas is making the season a little brighter by giving to those in need.

Entergy Employees Help Hurricane Harvey’s Four-legged Victims

Natural disasters can be cruel, and Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas in late August, was no exception. In addition to flooding cities and knocking out power to thousands of people, the massive storm left thousands of pets abandoned, lost or homeless.

Entergy’s Commitment to Helping Our Neighbors

Ever seen a caravan of linemen with bucket trucks heading towards a disaster site, in the opposite direction that everyone else is driving? It’s not because they’re lost or searching for an adrenaline rush. It’s because they’re part of a program that helps electric companies turn the lights on more quickly after a natural disaster. In preparation for emergencies, electric companies have mutual assistance agreements with other companies that allow them to increase their workforce by “borrowing” restoration workers to help respond to areas impacted by a major outage event.

Entergy Restores Power to Majority of Customers After Historic Flooding

Power has been restored to all of the customers who can safely receive it, ending a 14-day restoration effort by more than 3,300 Entergy employees and contractors from four states.

The Team Who Powered Solutions for Customers Served by Substations Damaged in Harvey

Entergy transmission engineers devised a plan that reduced potential customer outages in some areas of Texas from weeks to days.

Restoration Update: 9/8/17, 8 a.m.

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Power Being Restored, Meters Being Inspected

Crews have energized three of the five mobile substations being used to bypass damaged substations and are expected to have the final two online by the end of today.

Restoration Update: 9/7/17, 4 p.m.

At 4:00 pm just over 6,000 Entergy Texas customers were without power of the 192,000 affected by the storm. Many customers have seen multiple outages that we have restored.  Our workers continue to safely restore power as quickly as possible.