News

Equipment failure causes sudden power outage impacting thousands in multiple parishes - WAFB

WAFB · last updated

Equipment failure causes sudden power outage impacting thousands in multiple parishes

Published: Dec. 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago

LIVINGSTON, La. (WAFB) - Demco officials said an equipment failure caused an “unexpected” power outage across multiple parishes Thursday night.

At the peak of the outage, around 44,000 Demco customers in multiple areas were impacted with outages reported in Livingston Parish, East Feliciana Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, and St. Helena Parish around 6:20 p.m.

The company released the following statement:

Click here to report a typo.

Copyright 2023 WAFB. All rights reserved.

View full article

Related Knowledge Center: Electrical grid reliability

State of Play

With the need to reduce use of fossil fuels in transportation and other areas, demand is likely to increase for solutions that increase dependence on electricity and the electrical grid.  

More information

here today, more tomorrow

We’ve launched briefing.center with a focus on the press and media.

And we’ve added Citizen Cartwright, a daily quick-read news summary by veteran Washington journalist Linda Cartwright. We’ve also created a new voting rights knowledge center for Citizen Cartwright subscribers. (You can sign up for a dedicated morning email at citizencartwright.com.)

You can sign up here for full access to press and media and Citizen Cartwright on briefing.center.

You can use briefing.center as the center of your information management, or just one of your tools. We’re happy to discuss your information needs.

Sign up