Company offers estimated times for restoration

PINEVILLE, La. – Oct. 12, 2020 (3 p.m. update) – As of 3 p.m. today, Cleco had restored power to 110,406, or 84 percent, of the more than 132,000 customers since Hurricane Delta made landfall Friday. 

“As progress continues, we’re reminding customers to stay away from downed trees with power lines that may be on or near their property,” said James Lass, director of distribution operations and emergency management.  “Don’t attempt to remove a tree from a power line because the line may not be grounded and de-energized.  If the line is not de-energized, this could cause serious injuries or death.  No one should ever assume that a power line is dead.  Never, ever touch low hanging or downed power lines.”

Damage Assessment
Thus far, workers have found 172 downed or broken poles, 522 downed or broken crossarms, 45 miles of power lines down, 676 trees on power lines and 59 damaged transformers.  With system damage assessment and restoration efforts ongoing, these numbers may increase.

Restoration Assessment
Below are estimated times for restoration (ETR) for towns and cities in parishes impacted by Hurricane Delta.  Please note that unexpected damage or inclement weather could impact restoration efforts and timelines.  

Grant Parish

• Crews expect to have power restored to 90% of Grant Parish customers today, Monday, Oct. 12.
• ETR for customers on Greys Creek Road is Tuesday night, Oct. 13.
• ETR for customers on Hwy. 122 is Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• ETR for customers on Rob Wallace Road is Wednesday, Oct. 14.
• ETR for customers on Dyson Creek Road near Dry Prong is Wednesday, Oct. 14.
• Colfax near Iatt Lake
  • ETR for customers on Viney Ridge Road and Rice Patch Road is today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • ETR for customers from Pinckard Road to Steam Set Road and on to J.D. Camp Road is today, Monday, Oct. 12.
• Colfax near Pollock area
  • Power restored to customers along Hwy.165 up to Chester McKay Road.
  • ETR for customers on Chester McKay Road and Starks Road and State Hwy. 123 is Tuesday, Oct. 13.
  • ETR for customers on Abe Hall Road to Penn Darvis Road is Tuesday, Oct. 13.
  • ETR for customers on Lovell Road is today, Monday, Oct. 12.
• Pollock
  • ETR for customers on Mary Barron Road, Tower Road and Hughart Road is Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• Bentley
  • Power restored to Grant High School.
  • Power restored to customers on Dry Prong Creek Road.

Rapides Parish

• Crews expect to restore power to 97% of Rapides Parish customers today, Monday, Oct. 12.
• Crews expect to restore power to Oak Hill, Tioga and Ball Elementary schools today, Monday, Oct. 12.
• ETR for customers on Breckenridge Road off of Donahue Ferry Road in Pineville is Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Acadia Parish

• Crowley – Crews are working on the eastside of the town and residential and business customers in this area will begin to see power restoration today.  Crews will continue working, and some customers will remain without power overnight.
  

  St. Landry Parish

• Opelousas – Currently, 4,400 customers are without power.  Crews expect to restore power to 1,500 customers today.The remaining customers will be without power overnight.
• Eunice – The majority of customers have power, and crews are working on scattered outages today.
  

  Evangeline Parish

• Ville Platte – The majority of customers have power, and crews are working on scattered outages today.
• Mamou – The majority of customers have power, and crews are working on scattered outages today.

Vernon Parish

• Leesville
  • Crews are working today in the Kirthwood community, and customers should have power restored tonight.
  • Power will be restored to the bank and city hall today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • Power will be restored to the Lions Club community today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • Cleco crews are working with a neighboring utility to restore power to customers in the Timber Ridge subdivision.ETR is Tuesday, Oct. 13 and into Wednesday, Oct. 14.

  Beauregard Parish

• Deridder – Crews are working.Power should be restored to customers in the city limits today, Monday, Oct. 12.
• Merryville – Line crews and tree trimmers are working there today.ETR is end of day Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• Longville/Ragley – Crews have patrolled and will begin repairs and restoration work tomorrow evening, Tuesday, Oct. 13.No ETR at this time.

  
  Calcasieu

• Dequincy
  • Power to schools should be restored today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • The nursing home will have power today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • Phelps Prison ETR is today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • Industrial customers ETR is today, Monday, Oct. 12.
  • Crews will continue to work on getting power restored to residential customers today and tomorrow.

  Allen Parish

• Kinder/Elizabeth/Oberlin/Oakdale – Customers inside the city limits should have power restored today, Monday, Oct. 12.Crews will continue working to restore power to residents outside the city limits.

Below are customer outages by parish as of 3 p.m.

Percentages are based on total customers affected by Hurricane Delta (132,198); not Cleco’s total customer base.