Isaac Restoration Work Continues

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy crews restored power to tens of thousands more homes and businesses today as they continued repairing damage left by Hurricane Isaac. As of 4 p.m. Saturday, Entergy's storm team had restored electricity to approximately 389,000 of the 769,000 customers who were left in the dark by the slow-moving Isaac's relentless winds and heavy rain.

In the hardest hit areas of southeast Louisiana, crews were hard at work early Saturday morning and were expected to work late into the evening restoring electricity. Approximately 13,000 of the 16,000 restoration workers are in more than 30 parishes around the state affected by Isaac.

"Many of our customers are facing another night without electricity, and we understand that patience is running thin," said Bill Mohl, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana. "We have crews in all parishes restoring electricity, and we will work safely and steadily to get everyone's lights back on."

Isaac has left his mark on Louisiana. Although totals may change once restoration is completed, preliminary damage estimates from the storm's impact in Louisiana include:

• Damaged poles - 6,200
• Spans of Wire Down – 6,000
• Damaged Transformers – 2,000
• Broken Cross Arms – 4,000
• Damaged Service Lines to Customers – 3,000
• Spans With Trees on Them – 5,500

Also Saturday, Entergy released parish-by-parish restoration estimates. The table is included at the end of this release.

"While these are only estimates, we hope this information provides some guidance to our customers so they and their families can make plans until we are able to get their power restored," Mohl said.  "We will continue to work hard and further refine these estimates. Our hope is to get power restored sooner than called for in these initial estimates."

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, including more than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one of the nation's leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.

SOURCE Entergy Corporation