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.
our crews, contractors and mutual-assistance partners are working long hours restoring service to customers as safely and as quickly as possible.
entergy and contract line workers are meeting many tough challenges during hurricane laura restoration. now matt lord, of pmi energy solutions, can add one more: dog rescue.
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.
lake charles/sulphur damaged distribution equipment replaced includes 8,809 poles, 2,313 transformers and 18,254 spans of wire.
in just over a week, crews restored power to 291,300 customers across southeast texas.
entergy louisiana successfully restarted one of its power plants in calcasieu parish sept. 9, an achievement that paves the way for restoring power to additional communities impacted by hurricane laura in sulphur and lake charles.