Little Rock, Ark. – After three days of intensive restoration work by Entergy Arkansas, Inc., recovery from Friday’s winter storm is almost complete.

With the exception of about 500 customers in Pine Bluff and Stuttgart, all customers whose facilities are in a condition to accept power are projected to have service restored by Sunday evening.

As of 3 p.m. Sunday, Entergy Arkansas is reporting 2,400 remaining power outages. This is down from a peak of 30,000, which occurred late Friday afternoon.

The largest numbers of remaining outages are in the areas of:

Pine Bluff – 1,898
Stuttgart – 251
Hot Springs – 164

Any customers who find themselves without power after their neighbors’ service has been restored are asked to call 1-800-9OUTAGE to report that their power is still out. This will make utility workers aware that there are smaller repairs remaining that may have been overlooked.

“Our crews are committed to getting all power restored as safely and as quickly as possible,” said director of operations Brady Aldy, Entergy Arkansas, Inc. “We have made great progress over the past three days. We appreciate the patience and understanding of our customers.”

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. provides electricity to almost 684,000 customers in 63 counties. 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.

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