Entergy vs Demco

Our street is Demco, rest of neighborhood is Entergy
We don’t have the issues the rest of the neighborhood does

Neither is better than the other when it comes to distribution. Entergy also has transmission and generation though.

What really matters is how close/for you are from the nearest sub, how big that nearest sub is, and how much of the lines around your area are above/below ground. That varies from place to place regardless of company.

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False. Cleco. And soon NextEra.

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in Baton Rouge?

I know Entergy cost more

Yes. They buy their power from Cleco. It’s a contract. Cleco covers their load needs. It’s not like electricity goes from a single generator and ends up at a single house from said generator. There are interconnects and ties. The MISO market governs the load and generation making sure they they are generally balanced in an entire region. Our region goes all the way up to Canada. NRG, before they were Cleco, would sell power all the way from Cottonwood in East Texas to the northeast in the PJM market depending on the price point.

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They buy their power from Cleco. It’s a contract. Cleco covers their load needs.

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oh, I thought Entergy owned the old cleco plants in Louisiana

I’ve had the exact opposite experience. I used to live in Angelle Estates subdivision in Gonzales with Entergy. In 2016, I moved to a more rural area of AP and have had DEMCO since then. I’ve lost power less times since then than I lost in literally any random given year with Entergy.

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've lost power more times in one year with Demco than the previous 10 years with Entergy. Is this normal for them?

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All utility systems have areas that are more and less dependable than others. A lot of it has to do with how aggressively they trim trees on their rights of way.

Don’t ever get mad about them trimming trees on rights of way….no matter how bad they end up looking.