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Crews making improvements to electric system in Westminster area of Baton Rouge
By: Louisiana Editorial Team

12/11/2023

Pictured is a crew working in an alley behind a home in the Westminster area of Baton Rouge.
Pictured is a crew working in an alley behind a home in the Westminster area of Baton Rouge.

Entergy Louisiana crews and contractors are working to improve the electric system for nearly 3,000 residents in the Westminster area of Baton Rouge.

Crews have performed tree trimming work in the area and will be doing a mix of installing devices to protect the electric system from animal contact and replacing utility poles, crossarms, switches and other equipment.

Some of the work has been challenging due to electric equipment being in hard-to-access backyards of homes. This has required the use of specialized backyard machines and some of the work to be performed manually.

To learn more about Entergy’s approach to reliability and some of latest projects the company is undertaking, visit entergy.com/reliability/. In addition to ongoing reliability work, Entergy Louisiana has a proposed resilience plan, or an accelerated grid hardening effort, that’s under review with the Louisiana Public Service Commission. To learn more about that plan, visit entergynewsroom.com/news/entergy-louisiana-files-proposed-10-year-entergy-future-ready-resilience-plan/.

Together, ongoing reliability work and a strategic resilience plan would help protect the state against future weather events and support the local economy.

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Louisiana Editorial Team
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