Utility Crews Making Progress with New Orleans Outages After Storm Damage

Entergy says utility crews have restored power to all New Orleans East customers affected by Tuesday’s severe weather and expect to restore power to Arabi-area customers who can safely accept electric service by sometime Thursday.

It is estimated that 25% of Arabi-area customers who were in the path of severe weather that spawned a tornado and lost power saw some structural damage to their homes and will need to have an electrician make repairs. Those repairs will need to be followed up by an inspection through St. Bernard Parish government before Entergy can safely reconnect service.

At the peak, approximately 25,000 customers were without power in Louisiana because of the storms. Although severe weather caused significant damage to portions of the company’s distribution and transmission equipment, Entergy says crews are executing a plan that will reroute power and restore service to customers who can safely accept it ahead of rebuilding some infrastructure.

Local crews were joined by additional crews from across Louisiana throughout the day to help accelerate power restoration where safely possible. In addition to Entergy distribution lineworkers, multiple scout teams and approximately 20 contractor crews supported restoration efforts in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes.