A significant portion of New Orleans is still flooded, and some substations will take a long amount of time, maybe months, to restore. |
Projected restoration time for all customers is January 6, but most customers will be on much sooner. |
They all have the same bottom line -- pumping federal dollars into the electricity and gas service restoration process, so that Entergy's dwindled New Orleans customer base doesn't get a huge, unaffordable rate increase, and the efforts to rebuild the local economy don't get derailed. |