re: Will anything change with entergy?

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Underground power isn’t all its cracked up to be. For starters, it’s incredibly expensive - over 10x the cost per foot of above-ground lines, and that’s for new installations. So in the case of moving an area’s lines underground, imagine the cost to replace ALL of the poles and ALL of the wire in that area… and multiply it by 10.

Second, underground lines are more susceptible to flood damage. Particularly from salt water, which is a risk with storm surge. And when they are damaged, they are, again, much more expensive to repair.

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Always struck me as a bit of a how do you eat an elephant question. Just bite by bite and need to start somewhere. It’s undeniable the quarter and CBD have the most reliable power and it’s buried. Utility lines in neighborhoods like Lakeview have back alleys where lines could be buried without impacting streets and sewer.

Yes it’s expensive but outages are so frequent in the city. As to the saltwater point I’m sure that’s correct. On the other hand if there is saltwater running through the streets of New Orleans again it’s game over anyway and the system is destroyed.