Entergy power outages down to 279 after storm

January 1, 2013 at 10:41 a.m. | Updated January 1, 2013 at 4:07 p.m.

by The Associated Press

A utility crew works on damaged power lines in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in the wake of a Christmas day winter storm leaving thousands without electric power. Officials with the city are saying that crews will be making multiple rounds in every ward to pick-up all the debris left from the storm.
A utility crew works on damaged power lines in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in the wake of a Christmas day winter storm leaving thousands without electric power. Officials with the city are saying that crews will be making multiple rounds in every ward to pick-up all the debris left from the storm.

LITTLE ROCK — Entergy Arkansas said it’s restored power to all but 279 homes and businesses that lost electricity in the Christmas Day winter storm.

As of Tuesday afternoon — a full week after the storm dropped ice and snow on the state — 259 customers remained without power in Pulaski County. The remainder of the outages are scattered throughout Cross, Faulkner, Lonoke, Marion, Mississippi, Saline, White and Yell counties.

Earlier in the day, more than 1,000 customers in Pope County were without power, but those outages were unrelated to the Christmas storm. All Pope County customers had power restored by Tuesday afternoon.

At the peak, 194,000 Entergy Arkansas customers were without electricity last week. Just over 100,000 of them were in Little Rock, while another 41,000 were in Malvern and Hot Springs.

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