How Does This Happen?’: Power Outages Hit Blue City On Holiday Weekend After Months Of Warnings

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How Does This Happen?’: Power Outages Hit Blue City On Holiday Weekend After Months Of Warnings

 
Audrey Streb
DCNF Energy Reporter
May 26, 2025
 


New Orleans was plunged into darkness on Sunday afternoon when the region’s grid operator cut off power to reduce usage, a “last resort” measure to prevent a large-scale blackout, according to Nola.com, a local news outlet.

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), a major electrical grid operator, directed the energy company Entergy to reduce power with only three minutes’ notice to prevent a blackout, affecting nearly 100,000 customers, according to Nola.com. Power was fully restored after several hours, though concerns about the power grid’s reliability remain as President Donald Trump’s administration, energy policy experts and multiple North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reports have signaled that MISO is at an elevated risk for blackouts due in part to phasing out coal-fired power plants.

“The forced outages were directed by MISO as a last resort, and done in order to prevent a more extensive, prolonged power outage that could severely affect the reliability of the power grid,” Entenergy said in a Sunday statement. (RELATED: Renewables Could Soon Contribute To Nationwide Energy Scarcity, Regulatory Authority Warns)

Earlier this evening, MISO issued a load shed request (temporary power outages) of approximately 600 MW in Louisiana to @Entergy and @ClecoPower to maintain the reliability of the bulk electric system. High temperatures in Louisiana led to higher-than-expected demand, and with…

— Midcontinent ISO (@MISO_energy) May 26, 2025


“How does this happen?” New Orleans City Council member Joe Giarrusso told Nola.com. “There are lots of questions that need answering.”

https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/26/new-orleans-power-outages-blackouts-miso-power-grid-holiday-weekend-warnings/

[Wingnut]

America. a 3 world country without power.

[Free Vulcan]

Now how is Bryan Mills going to torture Albanian human traffickers with a 3rd world power grid?

[The_Reader_David]

Of course, it was NOLA.  My younger son lives there (and can no longer imagine living anywhere else), and, riffing on a sentiment expressed in the 19th century, says of his adopted city, "If you think of it as an American city, it's terribly run.  If you think of it as a Caribbean city, it remarkable how well it's run."

[Hoodat]

If only Louisiana had its own supply of gas and oil.

[jafo2010]

New Orleans is not in the Caribbean!

And the moronic Dems have been shutting down coal plants, nuclear plants, and building solar and wind turbine production solely thinking that was the way to go.  Well, it was dumb as s***!!!

The Dems are comprised of fools, and AOC is an excellent example.  Or Rep Hank Johnson, a lawyer, who was concerned Guam might capsize if we added 8,000 more troops to the island.  Sadly, the Dem Party reflects clearly the decline of education in the USA.

Yes, be prepared for brown out across America, because Trump will not be able to undo the damage over night.

[The_Reader_David]

New Orleans is not in the Caribbean!

Culturally, it is, as noted by various commentators since the 19th century.