Due to cost and timing, the company is rebuilding the grid the way it was before, with overhead wires rather than underground wires, which are more resilient to hurricane damage.
Housing advocates asked Edwards to suspend proceedings in the wake of Hurricane Ida last week.
State shelters are performing COVID tests. But testing is currently scarce in the city.
In the entire region, Entergy says it has restored 51 percent of the 902,000 customers who lost power during the storm.
Entergy is still estimating it will have power back to the vast majority of New Orleans customers by Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Buses began moving people out of the city on Saturday.
The timeline for the city remains the same. Most customers will see full restoration by the middle of the next week. Those in parts of the state that saw the most significant damage may have to wait until later this month.
The Sewerage and Water Board's East Bank Wastewater Treatment plant is back on grid power. Entergy said that service disconnections for residents with power have been temporarily suspended.
Wastewater treatment plant expected to be fully operational by the end of the day.
City officials urge caution with gasoline-powered generators after at least 12 people hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning.
