Power outage in NOLA 9th ward, Entergy clueless

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It's unclear what caused a power outage in the Lower 9th Ward on Monday, May 20, 2019.

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probably squirrels

New Orleans might have higher efficiency were we to get rid of the current system of the council regulating energy. New Orleans is the ONLY CITY IN AMERICA that separately regulates its power utility. It is the duplication of the job already being done by the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the cost of this duplication is entirely passed on to New Orleans ratepayers. The LPSC may not be perfect but folks in Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Jefferson Parish are paying less per kilowatt hour (Currently Entergy Louisiana customers pay approximately 20% less per kwh for electricity than Entergy New Orleans customers) and suffer far less outages. As to an older system, there are far older systems in cities like Boston, New York and Philadelphia that seem to work without the cities having to regulate the utilities separate from the states. The recent two million dollar fine paid by Entergy is but a small percentage of the millions paid annually to out-of-state companies such as Legends Consulting ($3.5 million in 2018 alone) to advise the council on the regulation of Entergy. What is it that makes our City Council think they are so much more capable than even metropolis like New York and Los Angeles in regulating a utility separate from the state? Is it arrogance or the fear of losing a large revenue stream to their campaign accounts and pockets?

Honestly, power outages are pretty easy to avoid...you basically just have to keep fairly new equipment in service and cut all trees around it.

Unfortunately, people would rather have low utility rates and continue to plant trees in the power line right of way.

4699 people sharing extension cords through the neighborhood and the 1 paying customer bounced a check.

What a........nevermind.

So if they don’t know what caused it, how could they fix it?

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So if they don’t know what caused it, how could they fix it?

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From the article it seemed the reporter simply checked the outage map a few times today and never spoke with an actual Entergy rep.

I think it being unclear may be an indictment on our terrible paper, not our terrible utility, in this instance