Occasionally, we can experience a blackout, or what experts call a “load-shed event,” – usually when we have scorching summer temperatures on a weekday, when air conditioners are running overtime, factories are humming, and businesses are open.
None of these were the case when New Orleans had a blackout on Sunday, May 25.
Behind the factors that did not cause the blackout in May is the root issue: Entergy continues to block long-range transmission planning, a necessary part of electric reliability…