Entergy Forced to Initiate Power Outages to Customers in Southwest Louisiana
Entergy Forced to Initiate Power Outages to Customers in Southwest Louisiana
Published February 16, 2021
From Entergy Louisiana – Entergy Louisiana has started power outages for its customers across the southwestern portion of its service territory. The company says it is taking this action as directed by their reliability coordinator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, as a last resort and in order to prevent a more extensive, prolonged power outage that could severely affect the reliability of the power grid. Additionally, Entergy continues to follow a directive by MISO to reduce load in the southwestern region of its service territory.
In a statement Tuesday, an Entergy representative said “We apologize for the inconvenience these outages may cause, but we have an unusual situation right now driven by unusual conditions. We are working to respond and restore power as soon as it is safely possible,” said John Hawkins, vice president of distribution operations. “This loss of generation combined with the peak load has caused a strain on the system. As a result, we are short of the power needed to meet our customers’ demands in that area.”
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