The lights are back on in the Calcasieu Parish communities of Toomey and Starks.
The feat was accomplished by Entergy restoring and rebuilding one of nine major electricity lines in the area.
Published reports say Entergy brought the juice in from a power source in Eastern Texas.
The one Calcasieu substation was brought back on line.
“Our company and our communities have worked tirelessly for this moment,” said Phillip May, Entergy Louisiana president and CEO. “It represents a major step in our goal to restore power to Calcasieu and Cameron parishes. While we still have many major hurdles to overcome, I believe this serves as a beacon of hope for our customers. Like the communities we serve, our team worked around the clock to arrive at this important milestone.”
Thousands of crews continue to work around the clock to make repairs to our transmission and distribution infrastructure. Pictured are crews working to restore power to the Toomey, Starks and West Vinton Saturday night. Stay updated ➡️ https://t.co/g05ESkLjKk #PoweringThru pic.twitter.com/RffErZJNV0
— Entergy Louisiana (@EntergyLA) September 6, 2020This initial step makes power available to approximately 2,000 customers.
Laura delivered historic damage to southwest Louisiana, where more than 90,000 customers in the region were without power following the storm. High winds caused damage to more than 1,600 transmission structures, 6,637 broken poles, 2,926 transformers and 338 miles of downed distribution wire in the area.
Thousands of Entergy repair crews continue to work restoring power to these effected communities.
