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Power restored to more than 80 percent of customers affected by Hurricane Delta

New Iberia Behind Troy Rd
Oct 12, 2020

PINEVILLE, La. – Oct. 12, 2020 (noon update) – As of noon today, Cleco had restored power to 107,600, or 81 percent, of the more than 132,000 customers who lost power due to Hurricane Delta.

“We continue to make good progress based on the steady decline in our outage numbers,” said James Lass, director of distribution operations and emergency management.  “This is day three of storm restoration, and power has been restored to more than 80 percent of our customers affected by Hurricane Delta.”

Cleco’s latest system damage report shows 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.
 
In addition to Cleco personnel
working in various capacities, Cleco brought in more than 2,500 line mechanics, tree trimmers, transmission resources and damage assessors to assist in the restoration efforts.  The company also secured helicopters, airboats, track hoes, bulldozers and marsh buggies for areas that are only accessible with specialized equipment.

Below are customer outages by parish as of noon:

 

Parishes

Number of Customers Without Power

Acadia

6,230

Allen

730

Avoyelles

796

Beauregard

1,735

Calcasieu

593

Catahoula

18

Evangeline

385

Grant

1,885

Iberia

2,683

Jefferson Davis

39

Lasalle

15

Natchitoches

47

Rapides

3,169

Sabine

0

St. Landry

4,622

St. Martin

607

St. Mary

65

St. Tammany

1

Vermilion

9

Vernon

969

Washington

0

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