New Orleans residents lose power after rotten utility poles fall - WDSU New Orleans
New Orleans residents lose power after rotten utility poles fall
Entergy says power outages in English turn caused by rotted utility poles that fell
Two rotted utility poles fell in English Turn Sunday night, knocking out power to more than 1,000 Entergy customers.
According to Entergy, two AT&T poles fell in Belle Chasse, knocking down Entergy power lines.
New Orleans Councilman JP Morrell shared an update on X, formerly known as Twitter, stating that new poles were placed and nearly 800 Entergy customers didn't get their power back until 11 p.m.
Power has since been restored to all customers.
AT&T issued the following information:
The fallen poles were replaced yesterday. We regularly inspect and replace utility poles as needed. Concerns about utility poles can be reported at (800) 288-2020.
Additional information:
We continually invest in our networks. From 2019-2023, we invested nearly $2.1 billion in our wireless and wireline networks in Louisiana.
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