Attala County reliability improvement plan

As part of Entergy Mississippi’s multi-year Superpower Mississippi plan, we are investing in critical improvements to enhance reliability and reduce outages throughout our service area. In Attala County, we’re focused on immediate and longer-term actions to make your power more dependable and reliable.

Immediate steps: Assess and act

Assessments show:

  • About 78% of outages in Attala County are caused by vegetation, with nearly all of that stemming from trees outside of our right of way.
  • The 2023 drought and pine beetle damage, the January 2026 ice storm, and this summer’s record heat have all weakened vegetation, leaving dead trees and branches to persistently fall and damage the grid even in moderate winds.
  • The rural nature of the area means there are longer spans of lines and fewer ways to re-route energy when disruptions do occur.

Actions taken since September 2026:

  • Completed vegetation patrols along 860 miles of power lines in the area.
  • Continued mitigation of more than 8,500 trees already identified in the area that could threaten reliability. As of October 2026, about 3,600 danger trees remained to be addressed.
  • Inspected more than 20 protective devices and began analyzing the findings to determine additional actions needed to help reduce future outages.
  • Identified and repaired known downed or missing neutral lines
  • Accelerated work on more than a dozen projects that were identified as part of the Superpower Mississippi reliability plan.

Long-term reliability improvements

We’re taking a comprehensive approach to address reliability issues in Attala County. Work began in September 2026 and will be largely complete by the end of the year. Some projects in our Superpower Mississippi plan will continue through the second quarter of 2027. Our work includes:

Vegetation management

  • Removing hazardous trees and overgrown branches near power lines along the main feeders
  • Conducting regular patrols to identify and address vegetation risks before they cause problems, including addressing trees that are outside of our right of way
  • Maintaining regular trim cycles using historical data, satellite imagery and other technology to determine the optimal trimming schedule frequency. All seven feeder lines are scheduled for regular trim cycling between 2027 and 2029.

Infrastructure and communication improvements

  • Completing inspection analysis and repairing or replacing damaged electrical components
  • Performing a sectionalization study to identify locations where protective devices can be installed on lines to reduces the number of customers affected by an outage
  • Replacing poles, electrical lines and other previously planned asset renewal work
  • Coordinating our protective systems to ensure faster restoration when issues occur
  • Launching an additional 12 reliability projects ahead of schedule, bringing them into our 2027 work plans
  • Enhancing outage communication by refining communications protocols, strengthening data validation practices and expanding real-time field reporting to improve accuracy and timeliness of outage messaging.

We’re committed to being good neighbors and during this time will work to minimize disruptions to your daily life, notify you in advance of any planned outages, and keep you informed about progress and completed work. A detailed action plan and schedule is shown below. Check back regularly for updates to this page and confirm your notification preferences and contact information are updated in your myEntergy account.

Attala County reliability action plan

Circuit Coverage area
2R01 Hwy 51 South of Winona to Vaiden, SE of Vaiden to Carmack, out Hwy 35 towards Kosciusko. 165 miles
7C01 Hwy 12 East of Durant towards Sallis, North up Attala Road 4101, South down Boyette.
37 miles
7C02 North of Durant, Bowling Green Road west to Stokes Road. Town of West. 54 miles
7E01 Southeast of Kosciusko. 146 miles
7E02 Northeast of Kosciusko. 279 miles
7E05 North and West side of Kosciusko. 24 miles
7K22 SW of Kosciusko, Sallis, Hwy 12 towards Durant. 158 miles
Reliability work Targeted area Start date Status
Deploy additional field crew resources to support outage restoration and repairs through Nov. 2026 All Attala County service area September 2026 In progress
Conduct reliability inspections on 23 devices that have had repeated outages and analyze results All Attala County service area September 2026 Inspections complete; analysis in progress
Perform engineering study on protective devices to identify locations where additional equipment can help minimize outages All Attala County service area September 2026 In progress
Formalize plans to begin work on 12 reliability projects ahead of schedule in 2027. All Attala County service area September 2026 In progress
Increase vegetation monitoring and management through Dec. 2026 All Attala County service area September 2026 In progress
Mitigate remaining identified danger trees along main feeders All Attala County service area with focus on known trouble spots September 2026 In progress
Develop engineering design based on analysis of 23 device inspections. All Attala County service area October 2026 In progress
Complete pole replacements and other asset renewals on already-planned projects Feeders 7E05 (Knox Rd. to north side of Aponaug Rd., Kosciusko) and 7K22 (Suddoth Rd. to Hwy. 14, Sallis) Throughout 2026 In progress
Design pole replacement and other asset renewal projects planned for Q1 2027 Feeder 7E01 October 2026 In progress
Replace approximately 50 poles by Dec. 31, 2026 All Attala County service area October 2026 In progress
Develop engineering design and replace approximately 100 additional poles by June 2027 All Attala County service area June 2027 Design in progress
Maintain regular vegetation trim cycles Feeders 2R01 and 7E02 in 2027

Feeders 7C01, 7E05, 7E01 and 7K22 in 2028

Feeder 7C02 in 2029

2027-2029 Planned

*Note: Dates provided may shift due to weather and other unforeseen issues that may arise during construction.

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