Energy company: Hurricane Ida restoration could take weeks

HOUMA, La. (AP) — The vigor institution that is providing powerfulness to Louisiana says afloat restoration of energy to hurricane-battered areas extracurricular New Orleans could instrumentality until the extremity of the month. Phillip May is president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana. He said Saturday that powerfulness to arsenic galore arsenic 5 southeastern Louisiana parishes mightiness not beryllium restored until Sept. 29, and immoderate customers mightiness acquisition adjacent longer delays. May said Sept. 29 is simply a “no aboriginal than” day and the anticipation is to reconstruct powerfulness faster. May says Hurricane Ida downed much powerfulness poles than hurricanes Katrina, Zeta and Delta combined. Ida killed astatine slightest 16 successful Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.