Earlier this week, Entergy Corporation’s internal cyber-security monitoring systems detected issues on its corporate network. The issues have been isolated, a remedy has been deployed, and the systems are coming back online.
Louisiana’s normally mild winters don’t typically result in high energy bills. However, in parts of Entergy’s service area, temperatures recently reached 20 to 30 degrees below average.
Extremely cold weather can create heavy demand for power and affect the electric system, causing outages that may take longer than normal to restore.
A pile of sawdust and a handshake: they say that’s how the Entergy story began. This narrative may be accurate for those who helped Harvey Couch found the company more than a century ago, but my Entergy story began after opening a cardboard box and being mesmerized by a lineman’s truck and tools.
Simple hacks drive a stake through vampire power
Entergy and other members of the Louisiana Energy Workforce Consortium (LEWC) rolled up their sleeves and put boots on the ground to help build Louisiana’s workforce of the future by developing a Certified Line Worker Training program.
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