Generators can backup system after Entergy’s ‘catastrophic damage’, S&WB says

8/29/2021- 10:31 p.m.

Entergy issued a statement shortly after 7 p.m. saying only, “Hurricane Ida’s intensity has caused catastrophic damage in its path, including a load imbalance to the company’s transmission and generation.

Entergy New Orleans reported “catastrophic damage” to the utility, leaving all of New Orleans without power.

“As a result of Hurricane Ida’s catastrophic intensity, all eight transmission lines that deliver power into the New Orleans area are currently out of service.

When this occurred, it caused a load imbalance in the area and resulted in generation in the area coming offline.

We are currently working to assess damage and identify a path forward to restore power, to those who can take it, in the area.

We have provided back-up generation to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board.