Robbin Jeter – Entergy

It Only Takes One…10th Anniversary of Hurricane Gustav a reminder to always be prepared

Robbin Jeter — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:35:00 +0000

Hurricane Gustav caused outages to more than 38,700 Entergy Mississippi customers when it hit on Labor Day in 2008. Despite extreme damage, inclement weather and rugged terrain, more than 1,100 linemen and vegetation workers restored power in three days. *Note: Entergy’s safety standards are much stricter in 2018 than they were in 2008, when these restoration photos were taken.

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Meadville Circuit Latest Target in Billion-Dollar Grid Modernization Effort

Robbin Jeter — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 22:47:00 +0000

Over the last three years, Entergy Mississippi has spent more than $1 billion to strengthen and modernize the energy grid. We have undertaken reliability improvement projects throughout our 45-county service area. We have replaced aging copper wire with new, stronger aluminum, swapped out wooden poles for ones made of stronger materials and even relocated entire sections of lines and poles.

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Hurricane Season: It’s Not Just a Coastal Issue

Robbin Jeter — Thu, 31 May 2018 06:00:00 +0000

Think you’re off the hook during hurricane season if you don’t live on or near coastal counties? Think again. Hurricane Season is not just a coastal issue. If one of these storms makes landfall, it can cause significant damage far inland—including flooding if the storm stalls, severe thunderstorms or tornadoes, which are known to spin off from hurricanes. Often, this is accompanied by widespread…

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