News Radio 710 KEEL » SWEPCO http://710keel.com Depend On It! Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Power Crews Converge on Shreveport-Bossier http://710keel.com/150642/ http://710keel.com/150642/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:24:45 +0000 Erin McCarty http://710keel.com/?p=150642 Crews have converged in our region to help restore power knocked out over the weekend. We spotted more than 20 trucks staging in the WalMart parking lot in West Shreveport early today. This morning there are still m

]]> http://710keel.com/150642/feed/ 0 photo by Erin McCarty SWEPCO Urges Kite-Flying Safety http://710keel.com/swepco-urges-kite-flying-safety/ http://710keel.com/swepco-urges-kite-flying-safety/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:42:18 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=147165 The weather's warming up and that means we'll soon be seeing more kite-flying. But Southwestern Electric Power Company is reminding area residents that metallic coatings on Mylar helium balloons and on kites can cause power losses and even damage SWEPCO's electrical grid.

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]]> http://710keel.com/swepco-urges-kite-flying-safety/feed/ 0 Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images UPDATE: Power Outages After Thunder Storms Number in Thousands http://710keel.com/power-outages-after-thunder-storms-number-in-thousands/ http://710keel.com/power-outages-after-thunder-storms-number-in-thousands/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:06:53 +0000 Troy Jones http://710keel.com/?p=129280 Strong thunderstorms blew through Shreveport Bossier at about 12:30am Thursday morning moving East across Northeast Texas and Northwest Louisiana with strong wind gusts reaching 35mph. At 3:00am Swepco

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]]> http://710keel.com/power-outages-after-thunder-storms-number-in-thousands/feed/ 0 Southwestern Electric Power Company Offers Tips on Hurricane Preparedness http://710keel.com/swepco-offers-tips-on-hurricane-preparedness/ http://710keel.com/swepco-offers-tips-on-hurricane-preparedness/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:57:37 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=104183 SWEPCO spokeswoman has tips on how we can be prepared for the effects of Isaac.

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]]> http://710keel.com/swepco-offers-tips-on-hurricane-preparedness/feed/ 0 Shreveport Hit and Run and Construction Woes http://710keel.com/shreveport-hit-and-run-and-construction-woes/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-hit-and-run-and-construction-woes/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:31:39 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=103309 Shreveport police are investigating a hit and run today in which a vehicle slammed into a utility pole that fell onto the roadway, knocking out power in the area.

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-hit-and-run-and-construction-woes/feed/ 0 Finally Rain in Shreveport, But Storms Down Trees http://710keel.com/finally-rain-in-shreveport-but-storms-down-trees/ http://710keel.com/finally-rain-in-shreveport-but-storms-down-trees/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:00:54 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=77057 After days of dry weather, Shreveport got some rain. But, it was in the form or heavy thunderstorms rolling through the Ark-La-Tex.

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]]> http://710keel.com/finally-rain-in-shreveport-but-storms-down-trees/feed/ 0 Shreveport Storms photo by clipart.com A Familiar Culprit Causes a Power Outage http://710keel.com/a-familiar-culprit-causes-a-power-outage/ http://710keel.com/a-familiar-culprit-causes-a-power-outage/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:49:08 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=51918 It's happened again...about 2800 SWEPCO customers in the 9000 block of Mansfield Road were without power for a little while this morning. The culprit? Mylar balloons stuck in a power line. Utility company spokesman Scott McCloud says this has happened before to the Williamson Way circuits

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]]> http://710keel.com/a-familiar-culprit-causes-a-power-outage/feed/ 0 Photo by: peretzpup/Flickr Stay Safe Around Electricity http://710keel.com/stay-safe-around-electricity/ http://710keel.com/stay-safe-around-electricity/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:10:32 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=49451 A new year is the time for resolutions and new beginnings, and SWEPCO encourages you to resolve to stay safe around electricity in 2012. Now is the perfect time to brush up on your electrical safety knowledge, so you and your loved ones can stay safe this year

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]]> http://710keel.com/stay-safe-around-electricity/feed/ 0 Photo by: Camille King/Flickr Electrical Work Causes Downtown Street Closure Thursday http://710keel.com/electrical-work-causes-downtown-street-closure-thursday/ http://710keel.com/electrical-work-causes-downtown-street-closure-thursday/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:59:06 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=34905 Travis Street will be closed between Edwards Street and Marshall on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon.

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]]> http://710keel.com/electrical-work-causes-downtown-street-closure-thursday/feed/ 0 Raccoon Causes Caddo Power Outage http://710keel.com/raccoon-causes-caddo-power-outage/ http://710keel.com/raccoon-causes-caddo-power-outage/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:09:22 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=19948 Some folks heard a loud explosion in northern Caddo Parish late last night and called the Sheriff's Office. Then the lights went out. But it wasn't an explosion in the true sense of the word -- it just sounded like one.

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]]> http://710keel.com/raccoon-causes-caddo-power-outage/feed/ 0 (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) Mayor's Veto Of Monetary Allocation Will Stand http://710keel.com/mayors-veto-of-monetary-allocation-will-stand/ http://710keel.com/mayors-veto-of-monetary-allocation-will-stand/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:47:38 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=12558 The Shreveport City Council has voted to sustain Mayor Cedric Glover's veto last Friday of an ordinance passed by the council on the 9th.  That ordinance came about as the result of the council's raising AEP SWEPCO's franchise fee from 2-percent to 5-percent.  It set up a special revenue fund dedicated to street repairs. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/mayors-veto-of-monetary-allocation-will-stand/feed/ 0 shreveportla.gov Shreveport Increases SWEPCO Franchise Fee http://710keel.com/shreveport-increases-swepco-franchise-fee/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-increases-swepco-franchise-fee/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:46:16 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=11409 Shreveport residents are going to be paying higher electric bills, but not because of SWEPCO.

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-increases-swepco-franchise-fee/feed/ 0 city webcam screenshot Shreveport Power Outage http://710keel.com/shreveport-power-outage/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-power-outage/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:53:11 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=11244 (UPDADE -- POWER RESTORED BY 11:00)

Parts of Shreveport's Southern Hills neighborhood is without power this morning.  About 10:00, police got a call that a truck had pulled down some power lines at Bert Kouns and Wallace Lake Road

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-power-outage/feed/ 0 Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Parts of Bossier Parish Without Power http://710keel.com/parts-of-bossier-parish-without-power/ http://710keel.com/parts-of-bossier-parish-without-power/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:42:27 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=10761 About 19-hundred Swepco customers in Bossier Parish are without electricity this morning. A transformer at the Linton Road sub-station caught fire early this morning.

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]]> http://710keel.com/parts-of-bossier-parish-without-power/feed/ 0 (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Record-High Electricity Usage for AEP SWEPCO Customers http://710keel.com/record-high-electricity-usage-for-aep-swepco/ http://710keel.com/record-high-electricity-usage-for-aep-swepco/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:16:41 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=10516 Electricity usage has increased along with the temperatures -- and that typically means higher electric bills. AEP-SWEPCO has so far seen four new peak loads this summer alone across its three-state service area

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]]> http://710keel.com/record-high-electricity-usage-for-aep-swepco/feed/ 0 Power Outages in West Shreveport http://710keel.com/power-outages-in-west-shreveport/ http://710keel.com/power-outages-in-west-shreveport/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:21:57 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=7340 Hundreds of west Shreveport SWEPCO customers were left without power this morning...after a car hit a power pole at Buncombe Road at West 70th. SWEPCO Spokesman Scott McCloud says crews are out assessing the damage

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]]> http://710keel.com/power-outages-in-west-shreveport/feed/ 0 Photo by: Erika Hall/Flickr I-220 to Close Saturday http://710keel.com/i-220-to-close-saturday/ http://710keel.com/i-220-to-close-saturday/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 15:20:04 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=5837 Last year, SWEPCO had some overhead supports collapse along part of I-220. Now, the utility has a permit from the State Department of Transportation and Development to repair that...but it's going to shut down the portion of the highway between Jefferson Paige Road and I-20 for most of Saturday

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