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Entergy New Orleans: Load-shed order cause of major citywide outage
“Entergy New Orleans is currently subject to a load-shed order from MISO; approximately 52,000 customers are impacted. Our ...
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Entergy explains why it was ordered to cut power to thousands of New Orleans customers
According to Entergy, the forced outages were directed by MISO as a last resort and done to prevent a more extensive, ...
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Nearly 100,000 affected by power outage across metro New Orleans due to forced 'load shed'
A widespread power outage across parts of New Orleans impacted more than 43,500 Entergy customers Sunday afternoon, amid some ...
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Why MISO asked southeast utilities to load shed, prompting a brownout for 100,000+ customers
Regional grid operator MISO gave Louisiana utilities short notice to cut off power to maintain the reliability of the bulk ...
Entergy claims its models did not show the need to interrupt power during Sunday’s blackout
In a statement, an Entergy spokesman said the utility had been monitoring load conditions due to the warmer weather.
Entergy New Orleans map: Power outage cause revealed; Eastbank, St Bernard Parish, Metairie affected
Over 100,000 Entergy New Orleans customers across the Eastbank, St. Bernard Parish, and Metairie faced a power outage on ...
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Entergy blames data entry error for power blackout in New Orleans
Mike Goin, Entergy's director of system planning and operations, said feeder lines into the city were mistakenly cut off the night of Feb. 16, resulting in a 105-megawatt load shed.Some 14,300 ...
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Entergy asks customers to help reduce power impact during severe winter weather
16—Entergy is asking customers to help them respond to power complications caused by the historically cold weather that continues to impact the ... the electric load increases significantly ...