Entergy New Orleans’ data shows that from 2011 to 2016, 98% of outages occurred due to problems affecting the distribution grid, 2% were related to transmission, and none of the outages were related to power generation.
You pay for your electricity, you deserve for it to stay on. If you or anyone you know has had their power go out in their home, office, etc. send us the details (where, when, your household size) via or info@all4energy.org or by calling our office at 504-208-9761.
What do the poles and wires look like around you? Send in pictures of leaning, cracking, and rotting poles; vines and trees covering poles and weighing down lines; rusty transformers, broken and cracked support beams; low hanging electrical wires; logs grown into power lines.
Electric vs. Telecom: Try to determine whether the problem is with the electrical lines or the telecommunication lines. The lowest wires are telephone and cable lines, (as shown below) problems with these should be reported to COX or the local provider.
