Eight days after Hurricane Ida, 71 percent of New Orleans electricity restored

[TexasTowelie]

Eight days after Hurricane Ida barreled through New Orleans and knocked out power to the entire city, 71 percent of Entergy New Orleans customers have had their power restored, company executives announced on Monday. That’s a big jump from Sunday, when the company announced that only 39 percent of customers had been restored.

“This is a good day,” Entergy New Orleans CEO Deanna Rodriguez said.

Regionally, 51 percent of the 902,000 Entergy customers who lost power during the storm have been restored.

“Eight days after being struck by one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever strike U.S. soil, we have hit a major milestone,” Entergy Louisiana CEO Phillip May said on Monday. “Our massive workforce of more than 26,000 workers from 41 states working tirelessly have restored power and a sense of normalcy to 51% of the 902,000 customers that were affected by the storm.”

Rodriguez said the company was still on track to restore most of New Orleans’ power by Sept. 8, excluding some areas on the eastern edge of Orleans Parish which are outside of the levee system. Those areas are expected to regain power in late September.

Read more: https://thelensnola.org/2021/09/06/eight-days-after-hurricane-ida-71-percent-of-new-orleans-electricity-restored/