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May is National Electrical Safety Month
PINEVILLE, La. â May 3, 2021 â While Cleco focuses on safety year-round, May is National Electrical Safety Month and a good time to raise awareness and help customers avoid potential electrical hazards.
The annual campaign is led by the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting electrical safety in the home, school and workplace. The purpose is to educate and share steps that can be taken to reduce electrical related fires, fatalities, injuries and property loss.Â
âElectric utilities across the nation use this time to remind customers to check their surroundings and take other safeguards,â said John Melancon, Clecoâs director of corporate safety. âBy taking simple precautions, we can avoid dangerous situations and stay safe year-round.â
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GENTILLY, LA The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Louisiana state experienced 7.87 hours without power in 2019 3.17 more hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
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KENNER, LA The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Louisiana state experienced 7.87 hours without power in 2019 3.17 more hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.