Mystery power outage in EBR, Ascension restored; Engineers still troubleshooting why the grid went down
PRAIRIEVILLE - More than 15,000 households were without power near the East Baton Rouge-Ascension parish line Monday afternoon.
The outage was first reported around 1 p.m. and affected homes in Baton Rouge, Prairieville and Gonzales.
As of around 1:10 p.m., more than 12,000 people were without electricity in Ascension Parish. About 4,000 were affected in East Baton Rouge.
Power was restored around 2 p.m., Entergy said. Customers may notice the outage map online has not fully updated, though.
"All customers should be restored at this time," the utility company reported.
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The outage was related to an issue on the high-voltage power line system that provides power to the distribution system. The issue is still unknown.