Entergy Corp (ETR.N) said crews have begun assessing damage where it is safe to do now that Hurricane Ida, which weakened to a tropical storm on Monday, has passed through the area, as major utilities in Louisiana grapple with restoring power outages. Based on historical restoration times, customers in the direct path of a storm as intense as Hurricane Ida could experience outages for more than three weeks, Entergy Louisiana LLC (ELC.N) posted on its website. “While 90% of customers will be restored sooner, customers in the hardest-hit areas should plan for the possibility of experiencing extended power outages.” Nearly all of Louisiana lost electrical power on Monday after one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the region downed power lines, littered roads […]