There are only two power whole salers, Centerpoint and Entergy. No matter what retailer you have or if you are a co-op, your power comes from these two whole sale suppliers.

There are between 6000 and 8000 crews working to restore power, depending on the info source. After 48 hours, they had restored power to 580,000 homes. But they say that rate my slow.

I had power the night after the storm. But many people, particularly people in the northwest sections such as the Woodlands are at the very end of the Entergy network. Entergy's website states they have experienced and complete system failure, which actually began with Gustav. Their system failure includes LA. and AR.. Estimates range widely and up to 6 or 8 weeks.