Mayor: Crews working on power issues in Gueydan, Entergy aware of outage
KATC
and last updated 2021-05-18 14:51:35-04
The Mayor of Gueydan says that crews are still addressing power issues in town following an outage caused by a lightning strike.
Mayor Jude Reese says that the issues they are facing now are on the Entergy side. Entergy is aware of the situation and are working to resolve the issue.
Reese says the lighting strike melted a switch for the grid. CLECO, Entergy, LUS and a contracted company are working together to restore power.
KATC has reached out to Entergy for comment.