9/29/2006 Message to Entergy Employees - Get the Facts - Entergy New Orleans’ Recovery Plan

Are repairs still needed to prevent power outages in New Orleans?

Yes, repairs are still needed. Prior to Katrina, ENO had one of the most reliable electric systems in the country and had the flexibility and redundancy to deal with storm events without suffering widespread outages. The extended outages experienced by some customers at the beginning of summer 2006 were due to a greatly impaired system. Ongoing improvements to the electric transmission and delivery system are steadily reducing the number of outages in the city and strengthening reliability, but additional work remains to be done. ENO has requested federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to help restore the electric and gas systems to their previous level of reliability.