Power Outage Repairs in Louisiana After Hurricane Laura Cost Up to $1.4 Billion
People trying to reach their homes in Cameron Parish drive past downed power lines after the passing of Hurricane Laura south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Aug. 28, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) At a Glance Most of the outages were customers of Entergy.More than 14,000 distribution poles were damaged.Laura came ashore Aug. 27 with winds up to 150 mph. It will cost up to $1.4 billion to repair most of the power outages caused by Hurricane Laura in...