World News – US – 5 things you may not have known about how Entergy handles catastrophic storms

Entergy crews are working to install a new cross arm on a utility pole on Corbin Avenue just north of the Walker Community Center in Walker, La, as they direct 500 customers to restore electricity after storm damage in this area, Thursday morning April 23, 2020

Phillip R May, President and CEO of Entergy Louisiana, at the Utility Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Thursday September 3, 2020

Entergy crews are working on installing a new cross arm on a utility pole on Corbin Avenue just north of the Walker Community Center in Walker, La, as they head into the restaurant business of electricity 500 customers after the damage caused by the storm in this area, Thursday morning April 23, 2020

Phillip R May, President and CEO of Entergy Louisiana, at the Utility Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Thursday September 3, 2020

Here are some things you may not know about the efforts of the Entergy utility company to deal with catastrophic storms and repair the damage.Information came from our conversation this week with Phillip May, president of ‘Entergy for Louisiana:

â ?? ¢ Entergy uses 1,000 workers in the state to reconnect power or repair lines after catastrophic storm, but also in Entergy in Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi In the event of severe storm threats, it uses lines and pruners from other states as part of a mutual assistance pact

â ?? ¢ Entergy used 16,000 workers after Hurricane Laura, a catastrophic Category 3 hurricane that made landfall in Cameron Parish on August 27 This storm damaged or destroyed all nine transmission lines serving southwest Louisiana

• Entergy uses a « library » of materials and information on past storms Many power companies are doing â € “ Every storm has a path for resource projections, â € “ May said this week â ???? We will make a model on this storm ???? Power companies are studying these materials to anticipate storms and their impacts

â ?? ¢ Entergy practices social distancing due to pandemic during storm response There is a cost to this: society is “generally” sending one-person teams to many trucks and housing workers alone rather than multi-person housing Development sites are more dispersed

• The company goes to great lengths to house and feed the workers It drew on 14,000 resources to house and feed people in southwest Louisiana They included hotels and motels, portable trailers, temporary « men’s camps » hired from contracted contractors and more May said the company had accommodated workers on barges

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