SWEPCO cuts power to avoid 'catastrophic damage' to power grid
SWEPCO has cut power to more than 30,000 customers in Bossier and Caddo parishes to prevent what the utility said could be "catastrophic damage" to the power grid.
SWEPCO said it's working with the Southwest Power Pool in what it deemed an "emergency situation." SWEPCO and Southwest Power Pool manage the flow of electricity in northeastern Louisiana's population hub.
"In this instance, our grid operators were instructed to take immediate action, which did not give us time to inform you before the outage occurred," SWEPCO said in a news release.
The utility didn't say when power would be restored, only calling it a temporary outage.
Greg Hilburn covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1.
This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: SWEPCO cuts power to avoid 'catastrophic damage' to power grid
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