February 2021 storms – Entergy

Ice Storm Warms Hearts, Opens Eyes

Leyla Goodsell — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:19:00 +0000

Utility workers encounter unusual circumstances in the field, ranging from frightening to heartwarming. After retiring in 2018 from a 44-year career as a lineman, Danny Lowery thought he had experienced it all. And then the Entergy Mississippi retiree worked the February ice storm. Lowery and his wife, Robin, are part of Storm Services Engineering’s scouting teams, one of the contractors Entergy…

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Entergy Mississippi Completes Winter Storm Restoration

Mississippi Team — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:49:00 +0000

Entergy Mississippi has restored power for all customers whose service was disrupted when a winter storm swept through our service area Wednesday, Feb. 17, causing about 90,000 outages at peak. All customers who can safely accept electrical service have been restored. If you are still without power, check for damage to your electrical equipment attached to your home or business. If your electric meter or the wiring is damaged, contact an electrician to make repairs. If your electric equipment appears undamaged, contact 1-800-9OUTAGE (1-800-968-8243) or text OUT to 368374.

Entergy Mississippi Winter Storm Update – 2/23/21 @ 11 a.m.

Mississippi Team — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:05:00 +0000

As of 9:30 a.m., about 1,000 customers remain without power, down from a peak of about 90,000. The outages were caused by a winter storm that swept through Entergy Mississippi’s service area on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Both Entergy Mississippi crews and additional workers are restoring power as quickly and safely as possible. We expect the majority of customers will be restored this afternoon.

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Entergy Mississippi Winter Storm Update – 2/22/21 @ 10 a.m.

Mississippi Team — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:45:00 +0000

As of 9 a.m., Entergy Mississippi’s crews have restored power to more than 84,000 customers who were without power due to icy weather in our service area last week. About 5,980 customers remain without power. At peak the storm caused approximately 90,000 outages, which is about 1/5 of all Entergy Mississippi customers. As we get further into the restoration, crews are being delayed by the complexity of the restoration and the challenging terrain. We have brought in special equipment to access those areas and expect the majority of customers will be restored late tonight, though a few customer outages could carry over to Tuesday.

Entergy Texas Completes Winter Storm Restoration

Texas Team — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:43:00 +0000

As of Saturday morning, Entergy Texas, Inc. has restored all customers affected by this week’s winter storms. Around 1,000 crews worked to restore power this week after extreme cold combined with several ice and snowstorms impacted southeast Texas. If customers are still without power, they should check for damage to the electrical equipment attached to their home or business.

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Entergy System Winter Storm Update – 2/21/21 @ 9:30 a.m.

Corporate Team — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 21:57:00 +0000

Improving conditions are allowing our restoration workers to increase the pace of restoration for our customers still without power. Crews have successfully restored nearly 134,000 of the more than 160,000 outages that occurred since Feb. 18. At 9 a.m. today, 26,162 customer outages remained, including: Louisiana: 9,680 Mississippi: 16,394 Arkansas: 77 Texas: 11 Restoration for most…

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Entergy Louisiana Winter Storm Update – 2/20/21 @ 3 p.m.

Louisiana Team — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 03:12:00 +0000

Warmer temperatures Saturday helped improve travel conditions for crews who are continuing to make significant progress restoring power where it is safe to do so after the second ice storm to cross Louisiana in less than a week heavily impacted the central and northern regions of the state. At 3 p.m., approximately 19,600 Entergy customers in Louisiana were without power, most being in the…

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Entergy Mississippi Winter Storm Update – 2/20/21 @ 9 a.m.

Mississippi Team — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:33:00 +0000

Entergy Mississippi continues to make progress in restoring power to customers affected by winter weather that blanketed our service area in freezing rain, sleet and snow over the last week. As of 8 a.m., about 37,600 customers are without power, down from a peak of about 90,000 which is about 1/5 of all Entergy Mississippi customers. Travel in the icy conditions has been difficult…

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Entergy System Winter Storm Update – 2/20/21 @ 8:30 a.m.

Corporate Team — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:30:00 +0000

As the wintry weather leaves our system, improving conditions should enable our restoration workers to increase the pace of restoration for our customers still without power. Our Louisiana and Mississippi areas of our service territory continue to see extensive outages caused by the recent series of winter storms. Restoration for most customers without power should occur over the weekend.

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Entergy Mississippi Winter Storm Update – 2/19/21 @ 7 p.m.

Mississippi Team — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 07:28:00 +0000

Crews continue to focus on safely restoring power after this week’s unprecedented winter storm caused power outages for about 1/5 of Entergy Mississippi’s customers. At peak, about 90,000 customers were without power. As of 5 p.m. we have restored service to more than 42,000 customers. Nearly 48,000 customers remain without power, primarily in the central and southern portions of our service area.

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