Energy

Power restoration estimates looking up for Baton Rouge, Gonzales, New Orleans

Under increasing pressure from frustrated regulators and their constituents, Entergy, the state’s largest utility, released estimated restoration times for customers affected by Hurricane Ida.

Here’s how Ida stacks up against other hurricanes 

The worst hurricane names are burned into the memories of survivors, dark reminders used to measure future storms. Camille. Katrina. Andrew.

Fuel shortage relief on the way as Biden taps petroleum reserve 

President Joe Biden said has directed the Department of Energy to use all tools,...

Survey shows most Baton Rouge businesses impacted by power outages 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released an analysis of responses to its Hurricane...

Parts of East Baton Rouge will be without power until next Wednesday

Power will not be fully restored to East Baton Rouge parish until Wednesday Sept. 9, nearly a week from today.

U.S. Rep. Graves urges federal government to tap strategic petroleum reserve

Congressman Garret Graves is urging the federal government to use some of its strategic petroleum reserve and to suspend certain regulations on refiners in hopes of relieving fuel shortages in Louisiana and other areas affected by Hurricane Ida. 
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80% of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production still down 

Power and oil-and-gas production are starting to come back after Hurricane Ida, but there's...

Nearly three-fourths of Capital Region still without power

More than 72% of the Capital Region is still without power three days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, including 54% of the some 216,000 customers in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Need gas? There’s an app for that

Drivers in Louisiana and Mississippi searching for gas stations that still have fuel can download the GasBuddy app to find crowdsourced outage information. 

Should Louisiana’s power transmission lines be underground? 

While the levee systems improvements made after Hurricane Katrina held up to flooding, electricity...