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Entergy Updates – Hurricane Francine

From September 15, 2024

Entergy’s storm team continued to make steady progress today restoring power and has narrowed in on the hardest hit areas of the Bayou Region and River Parishes.  Assessments have identified damage to nearly 815 utility poles, over 190 transformers, approximately 1,300 spans of distribution wire and more than 650 crossarms that require repair or replacement.

At this time, fewer than 7,000 customers in southeast Louisiana remain without power after Hurricane Francine brought strong winds and heavy rain to the state.  We have essentially restored service in the following parishes: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington. Essentially restored means that service has been restored to at least 95% of customers capable of safely receiving service.   In Terrebonne Parish, where Francine made landfall, we anticipate 80% of customers will be energized tonight and 90% Monday evening.  Additional detail is provided below.

Terrebonne Parish

  • North Portion of Parish
    • Airboat crews cleared vegetation/trees today, energizing commercial and industrial businesses along New Orleans Blvd in Houma.
    • Customers along Park Avenue between Lorraine Circle and Slatter St have been energized.
    • Residential and commercial customers east of Park Avenue between Highland Drive and St. Paul Street are expected to be energized tonight.
    • Crews are on site making repairs to multiple poles damaged along Blue Bayou Road and Coteau Road, south of Hwy 182 to the GIWW, to energize customers by end of day tomorrow.
    • Customers on Savanne Road and the backside of Ellendale Country Club, including the parish lift station behind Ellendale, are expected to be energized tonight.
    • Customers in Bayou Cane between Kellie Drive and Zeigler Avenue will be energized tomorrow.
    • McBride along Hwy 311 have been energized.
    • Large portion of Schriever are expected to be energized tonight.
  • South Portion of Parish (includes East side of Houma and Coastal Bayou Communities)
    • The remaining customers in Chauvin are expected to be energized tonight.
    • Segments of Bourg were energized today. South Bourg and portions of Country Drive are expected to be energized tonight.
    • South Van Avenue are expected to be energized by mid-day tomorrow.
    • Bourg Larose Highway to Lafourche, Upper end of Montegut on Hwy. 55 and Upper end of Pointe Aux Chene were energized today.
    • Segments south of Bourg LaRose Highway along Hwy 56 down to Terrebonne Parish library are expected to be energized tomorrow afternoon.
    • The majority of customers in Cocodrie will be energized by the end of the day. Airboats will be required to repair remaining infrastructure to restore powers to remaining customers.
    • Village East and industrial avenue area are expected to be energized tonight.
    • A portion of Carriage Cove, if not all, is expected to be energized tonight.
    • East side of the Houma/Industrial area and the Prospect area are expected to be energized by noon tomorrow.
    • Areas surrounding the Terrebonne Airport Commission are expected to be energized by tomorrow morning.