NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) — More than 100,000 Entergy customers in southeast Louisiana were left without power on Sunday afternoon following a widespread outage that began around 4:30 p.m., according to the utility’s outage map.
The most significant impact was reported on the East Bank of New Orleans and parts of Jefferson Parish.
Entergy attributed the outage to a load-shedding directive issued by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the regional grid operator. The company said the power cut was a controlled measure initiated to stabilize the power grid.
“Entergy New Orleans is currently under a load-shed order from MISO, affecting approximately 52,000 customers,” the utility stated. “Our crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power once we receive clearance. At this time, there is no estimated time for full restoration, pending further updates from MISO.”
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