Entergy’s storm team continues to work to restore power to customers in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes, the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27. As of 7 a.m. Saturday, approximately 59,000 customers remain without power in heavily impacted southwest Louisiana.
Another restoration milestone was reached in Louisiana today with the re-energization of the second of nine high-voltage lines feeding power into the Lake Charles area.
Approximately 23,000 customer outages have been restored in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes just two weeks after the region bore the brunt of Hurricane Laura.
Both vital to our system, distribution and transmission play different roles.
As crews work to restore power in Southwest Louisiana, customers may see new distribution poles but remain without power. While the distribution system was heavily impacted by Hurricane Laura, we also had significant damage to our transmission system. This system consists of lines carrying high-voltage electricity quickly and efficiently over long distances and are often seen along highways, interstates or crossing water. While our distribution structures were damaged as well, transmission structures are larger, harder to transport, and require more crews to construct.
Lake Charles/Sulphur damaged distribution equipment replaced includes 8,809 poles, 2,313 transformers and 18,254 spans of wire.
What you need to know about the electrical equipment that serves your home.
As crews make progress toward turning the lights back on in southwest Louisiana, here’s what you need to know about the electrical equipment that serves your home.
Read about the many factors that go into restoring the more than 8,400 distribution poles damaged in Louisiana by Hurricane Laura.
The reason for celebrating Labor Day and the accomplishments of American workers was never clearer as crews headed into the field Monday to set poles, hang wire and install equipment.
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