March 14 Carpenter Dam Outage

 

         Lightning struck Entergy’s Carpenter Dam facility station approximately 3 AM this morning, causing a 115kv three tank Oil Controlled Breaker to fail and erupt. All customers have been restored. Entergy’s hazard materials contractor is on site managing containment of oil distributed on the ground as a result of the breaker failure. With the breaker still burning, work will be confined to containment.