Attala County residents can now track ongoing power grid upgrades in real time following a recent push for better electrical reliability in the area.
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown announced that Entergy Mississippi has launched a dedicated online dashboard detailing the utility’s improvement projects and completion timelines across the county.
The rollout follows September’s packed town hall meeting in Carmack, where more than 200 residents voiced frustration over chronic outages to Brown, House Speaker Jason White, and Entergy CEO Haley Fisackerly.
According to Entergy’s assessment, roughly 78% of Attala County outages are caused by falling trees and branches, largely outside the company’s right-of-way, that were weakened by drought, pine beetles, the January ice storm, and summer heat.
Since September, crews have patrolled 860 miles of power lines, inspected more than 20 protective devices, and cleared nearly 5,000 of the 8,500 identified “danger trees,” with roughly 3,600 remaining. Upcoming work includes replacing about 50 utility poles by the end of the year, installing 100 more by June 2027, and accelerating 12 major reliability projects into next year’s schedule.
Commissioner Brown noted that the Public Service Commission will continue closely monitoring Entergy’s progress.
Because the company plans to alert customers ahead of scheduled maintenance outages, residents are encouraged to ensure their phone numbers and email addresses are current in their myEntergy accounts.
