More than 242,000 homes and businesses in metro Baton Rouge were still without power Tuesday morning, as electric service knocked out by Hurricane Ida continued to be restored.
According to Entergy, about 157,000 customers were without power. That includes just over 103,000 customers in East Baton Rouge Parish, 33,000 in Ascension and 21,000 in Livingston were without power as of 9 a.m. Tuesday.
It could be a while before power comes back for thousands of people. Entergy said it's too soon to say when restoration will start to happen, because it could take several days to assess the extent of damages.
Statewide, about 790,000 Entergy households don’t have power, including all of Orleans and Jefferson parishes, where transmission lines were ripped down Sunday by Ida.
Demco said as of Tuesday, more than 85,000 customers across metro Baton Rouge were without power. That represents about 76% of the customers served by the utility and includes about 34,000 homes and businesses in Livingston, more than 24,000 in East Baton Rouge and nearly 12,500 in Ascension.
AT&T said its wireless network in Louisiana is operating at more than 85% of normal Tuesday morning.