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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entergy today predicted it
will have power restored to 90 percent of New Orleans customers within three
days, weather permitting, and electricity should be back in service to
virtually all homes and businesses in Orleans Parish by Monday night.
Restoration in Algiers and in many of the suburban areas around the
city -- including Metairie and Kenner -- should be essentially complete by the
end of Tuesday. Many customers, of course, will have their power back well
before that, Entergy emphasized.
In Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Charles parishes, 90 percent of
affected customers will have their power restored by Sept. 12. Full
restoration will occur by Sept. 15.
In 46 of the 56 Louisiana parishes where Entergy customers lost power,
restoration is projected to be finished or almost completed in seven days or
less to all residential and commercial customers who can accept power, the
company said.
Entergy stressed, however, that restoration would take a good deal longer
in other areas of Louisiana where damage from Hurricane Gustav was much more
severe or access may be restricted.
In the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, where Gustav proved to be the most
damaging hurricane in history, 90 percent of customers will have their
electricity back on by Sept. 17. Restoration completion for the remaining 10
percent is projected there for Sept. 24.
In hard-hit Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, 90 percent of impacted
customers will have their power restored by Sept. 24. The remainder are
estimated to have their electricity back by Oct. 1.
The following chart lists affected parishes alphabetically, based on the
date all customers capable of accepting power are anticipated to have the
lights back on:
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 3
Allen Vernon
East Carroll
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 4
Bienville Madison
Calcasieu Morehouse
Cameron Tensas
Claiborne Union
Franklin Webster
Jefferson Davis West Carroll
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 5
Caldwell Lincoln
Catahoula Natchitoches
Concordia Ouachita
Grant Richland
LaSalle
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 6
Avoyelles Sabine
Jackson Winn
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 7
Orleans
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 8
Acadia St. Landry
Iberia Vermillion
Lafayette
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 9
Jefferson (upper portion, St. Tammany
including Metairie and Kenner) Tangipahoa
Livingston Washington
St. Helena
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 10
Ascension (except Donaldsonville) St. John the Baptist
St. James
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 12
Pointe Coupee West Feliciana
West Baton Rouge
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 15
Jefferson (lower portion only) St. Bernard
Plaquemines St. Charles
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 16
East Feliciana
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Sept. 24
Ascension (Donaldsonville only) Iberville
Assumption St. Martin East
Baton Rouge
Parishes where restoration should be 100 percent complete by the end of
Oct. 1
Terrebonne Lafourche
The severe transmission damage Gustav caused across the Entergy system
still includes at least 141 transmission lines and 130 substations out of
service.
Entergy has experienced extensive distribution system damage, as well.
This damage will be repaired in parallel with the transmission repairs so
distribution will be ready as soon as possible when the transmission system
repairs are made.
In terms of power outages, Gustav was the second worst storm in Entergy's
95-year history, peaking at about 850,000 early Tuesday. The only larger
number of Entergy outages was 1.1 million in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina,
which has been described as one of the worst natural disasters in American
history.
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in
electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and
operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric
generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the
United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers
in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of
more than $11 billion and approximately 14,300 employees.
For more information, go to http://www.entergy.com
SOURCE Entergy Corporation
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