electricity

For a number of Bossier Parish and a few Webster Parish SWEPCO customers, the electricity is out this morning.

The gigantic, 199-megawatt (MW) Sundance facility is up and running as we speak, but it's only the tip of the iceberg.

Though they've restored power to over 40,000 other customers, there are still 18,000 SWEPCO customers in the dark this morning after the winter storm.

For some, 2020 cannot end quickly enough, and God love the people on the Louisiana coast, they certainly have earned the right to feel the same.

Storms yesterday afternoon and Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning have once again reeked havoc on the Ark-La-Tex

Be warned, these grifters are suspected to be well prepared, with phony work gear and paperwork.

The trio has been charged with catching fish illegally by using a shocking device and fishing without a fishing license.

Nearly 14-thousand New Orleans residents and businesses were without power because of balloons becoming entangled in electrical equipment.

Broadmoor and Riverside were still having power issues this evening.  SWEPCO tells the central office it has most of the main circuits back up in the parish and crews are currently checking each of the schools where problems were had today.

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. Spokesman Scott McCloud says outages during the heat don't happen too often...