800,000 in Miss. Still in Dark

Sep 07 - Commercial Appeal, The

Three utility companies that experience widespread power outages reported progress Monday in restoring service to customers. But more than 800,000 customers still were without power, one week after Hurricane Katrina struck.

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Entergy Corp. said it has restored service to more than half of the 1.1 million customers that lost power. Another 517,000 Entergy customers still have no power, mostly in Louisiana.

The Electric Power Association of Mississippi, a member-owned association, said about 222,000 of its customers remain in the dark.

Southern Co. restored power to about 44 percent of its Mississippi customers, leaving about 80,000 with no power.

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