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Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans have initiated periodic power outages as directed by MISO to prevent more severe grid failures, affecting over 1.3 million customers, with efforts to restore normalcy as soon as possible.
Entergy New Orleans has announced that it will suspend power disconnections for customers with late or missed payments during the state's heat emergency. The utility will work with the New Orleans City Council to determine if an extended suspension period is necessary. Louisiana has been experiencing a record run of extreme heat, leading to a state of emergency declaration by Governor John Bel Edwards. Entergy is offering payment-assistance options to customers struggling to pay their bills.
Thousands of Uptown residents in New Orleans were left without power on Friday morning, with over 11,000 Entergy customers in Orleans Parish affected. The majority of those impacted are concentrated in the Uptown area near Audubon Park, with other significant outages reported in Broadmoor and Central City. Entergy crews are on site working to restore power, and full restoration is expected by 10 a.m. The cause of the outages remains unclear.