Electric Utility Operations

Entergy Sends 650 Workers to Florida to Help With Restoration

Sept. 11, 2017

Entergy is providing mutual assistance to Florida Power & Light by sending crews from three different states to help with the restoration.

Amy Fischbach

When disaster strikes, utilities often lend a helping hand. Case in point: more than 650 Entergy and contract personnel from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas traveled to Florida to provide mutual assistance to Florida Power & Light (FPL).

As Entergy crews leave from both New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana, Sunday morning to help FPL, Ryan Price, an operations coordinator with Entergy New Orleans, talks about the restoration in the video below.

B-roll of Entergy crews from Louisiana heading to Florida to assist in Hurricane Irma restoration from Entergy Corp. on Vimeo.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].