Entergy is asking its customers to save electricity on Wednesday night as the cold weather brought demand to an overall high approaching, officials said.
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which is the regional system operator to which Entergy belongs, makes the request and warns that if power supply cannot meet the demand, periodic interruptions are needed.
MISO on Tuesday night implemented role breaks for some parts of Louisiana.
Continuous power outages have left millions of customers in Texas without power this week, and Tuesday night, Louisiana residents began to experience …
Entergy asks customers to take the following steps:
• Lower the home’s thermostat to 68 degrees.
• Open blinds, curtains and drapes to let in heat from the sun.
• Postpone laundry, laundry, bath and other non-essential use of electricity.
• Wash clothes with cold water, cook food in the lowest possible place and do not keep the oven door open during baking.
Cleco, which has about 300,000 customers in Louisiana and Mississippi, said Wednesday morning that while the ongoing power outages have stopped for the time being, it cannot guarantee they will not be needed again.
Periodic power outages began in Louisiana because energy companies were overloaded on the power grid due to the rare freezing point …