Eric Skrmetta

Congratulations to the newly minted Speaker of the House-U.S. House of Representatives -Speaker Michael Johnson !!! #Louisiana

SB 490 is a negative cost-shift that will absolutely raise electricity rates for residential consumers. Louisiana Legislators should take notice, Oppose SB 490, and protect their constituents and the economy of Louisiana.

SB 490, under consideration today is bad policy. Industrial customers, who enjoy the lowest rates in the nation, should not be allowed to abandon their financial obligation to pay for the electric grid of Louisiana while remaining connected to it.

WST Outage Report: 1,907 are currently affected across St. Tammany (1,330), Tangipahoa (368), and Washington (209) Parishes.

WST Outage Report: 15,921 are currently affected across St. Tammany (7,739), Tangipahoa (3,338), and Washington (4,844) Parishes. We are seeing progress.

Current Outage Reports Across the State:

Cleco report: Cleco should complete St. Tammany (approximately 200 out) tonight and St. Mary (approximately 3,800 out) by Saturday night.

Cleco customers without power as of 8:30 PM on Sept 12: Iberia - 5 affected St. Tammany - 729 affected St. Mary - 5,598 affected

Entergy Update 9 PM: From the original 300,000, we are now down to 147,886 without service.

St. Charles – 5,700 St. James – 4,800 Iberville – 2,400 Washington – 1,300 St. Bernard – 1,200 Plaquemines – 800

WST - 9,987 affected across St. Tammany (5,394), Tangipahoa (2,082), and Washington (2,511) Parishes.

WST is making progress with assessment and restoration. All of its substations and delivery metering points are energized, and crews are working to restore all main feeders out of the substations.

Updated DEMCO outage report: Ascension - 11,741 Affected Livingston - 9,939 Affected Tangipahoa - 419 Affected They are making steady progress.

Updated DEMCO outage report: Ascension - 14,967 Affected Livingston - 11,368 Affected Tangipahoa - 580 Affected