Entergy New Orleans reliability fell significantly in 2021 even before Hurricane Ida
The company’s report indicates that after a few years of improvements, the city’s electric reliability may be slipping once again.
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‘No place to go but up’: Entergy critics urge a new look at abandoned plan to sell transmission grid, break up vertical monopoly
Entergy planned to sell its transmission assets a decade ago, a commitment that helped put a federal antitrust investigation to rest. It never happened.
Council committee advances several accountability measures related to Entergy and Hurricane Ida
Among the measures was one calling for a study of Entergy New Orleans ownership and control. All items will have to go before the full council.
Hurricane Ida revealed Entergy’s misplaced investments, critics say
A lack of investment in hardening the grid and the unfulfilled promises of a new gas plant leave regulators asking whether the utility should have done more.
Councilwoman announces storm outages investigation, study on alternatives to Entergy monopoly power
A coalition of environmental and consumer advocates also filed a motion with the council this week calling for new accountability measures, some of which overlap with Moreno’s proposals.
Entergy says 98 percent of New Orleans power restored
New Orleans customers still lacking power may have electric damage to their properties they need to fix themselves, Entergy executives said.
As electricity returns to New Orleans, focus shifts to long-term outages in harder hit areas
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.
Nine days after Hurricane Ida, 73 percent of New Orleans electricity restored
In the entire region, 58 percent of Entergy customers who lost power have been restored.
Eight days after Hurricane Ida, 71 percent of New Orleans electricity restored
In the entire region, Entergy says it has restored 51 percent of the 902,000 customers who lost power during the storm.
‘We are now fully secure’: Three more transmission lines up in city; Entergy releases estimates for restoration in hardest-hit areas
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.
