Power Outage

It's the last thing you want to hear during a heat wave, the power will be cut off.

This stretch of record-breaking heat in south Louisiana has put a strain on air conditioners across the area. And it also has caused some damage to part of one power company's infrastructure.

It wasn't a storm or the heat but it was big enough to knock the air conditioners off for about 20,000 people on Wednesday afternoon.

Entergy has restored electrical service to customers after thousands lost power early Wednesday morning.

Although some people may feel a bit strange about keeping a supply of certain items in the house “just in case”, it’s always better to be over-prepared than under and, believe me, you do not want to find out for yourself the hard way. In the event of a blackout, you need a reliable supply kit to get you by without power, and included below are just a few essentials to start with.

Water and electrical service will be interrupted across portions of South Louisiana beginning today. Here's where and when the interruptions are planned.

Entergy claims Hurricane Ida wiped out more power poles than Hurricanes Katrina and Zeta combined.

A little extra precaution when putting your generator away today will help you get it cranked more quickly the next time you need it.

According to KATC TV 3, a Lafayette Utilities System spokesperson says that at around 7:30 am a squirrel shorted out a distribution bus when it got between an insulator and ground. The outage area was approximately from E. Broussard Road to Ambassador Caffery Parkway and from Verot School Road to the Vermilion River.

LUS is reporting a power outage that is affecting over 3,500 people.

Most of the outages are in Iberia Parish.

You do not need to report to SLEMCO that your power is off since this is a planned event.

If you're wondering why you're the only one on your street without power, you aren't alone.

Almost 100,000 Louisiana residents are still without electricity two and a half weeks after Laura's landfall.

Hundreds of thousands of customers were brought back online over the weekend, still, many more remain without power this morning.

The power was out for several hours for several thousand electric customers in Southwest Louisiana.

Several schools in St. Landry Parish will be closed today due to ongoing power outage issues in the area.

Cecilia Primary, Cecilia Junior High, and Arnaudville Middle Schools dismissed early today because of that power outage.

Freezing temperatures have postponed tomorrow's planned power outage for some Jeff Davis Parish residents.

The planned outage is so crews can make repairs to a substation on the electric grid.