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Podcast: Grid Talk
Episode: Entergy’s Power Grid After Hurricane Ida
Description: In this episode of Grid Talk host Marty Rosenberg talks with Leo Denault who is the Chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation. Entergy delivers electricity to three million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.The podcast focuses on the electric grid devastation caused by Hurricane Ida and re-evaluating grid assets used to power customers. The utility and policymakers must consider whether it is time to pick up the pace of transmission and distribution line upgrades, according to Denault.When Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana two months ago its 150 mph winds caused prolonged electric power...