What's next when it comes to getting to the bottom of Sunday's power blackouts? Subpoenas and public hearings, says Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta.
"We've already begun the investigation and issues interrogatories and subpoenas," he said, adding that the explanations he has heard so far from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, have not been satisfactory.
"What MISO is saying is the reason they did it is clearly not the reason they did it," Skrmetta said. "There is another reason out there that they're hemming and hawing about."
Skrmetta said MISO knew by the middle of last week about Entergy's issues at two of its power plants, so the demand on the power system on Sunday should not have come as a surprise.
The New Orleans City Council utilities committee meets Tuesday, June 3, and the PSC's next meeting is on June 18.
