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Energy representative outlines $5 billion resiliency plan for Lafourche Parish
Summary
Paula Rome presented a multi-year resiliency plan approved by the Public Service Commission that aims to harden the grid across the state with pole replacements, substation work and vegetation management; several local projects in Thibodaux, Lockport and Bollinger are already under way or starting soon.
Paula Rome, speaking as an Energy representative, briefed the Lafourche Parish Council on a multi-year resiliency program the company says was approved by the Public Service Commission. "Our resiliency plan is, almost a $5,000,000,000 plan that's approved by the public service commission last year," Rome said, calling it a five-year effort to harden the grid.
Rome told the council the initiative includes hardening about 11,000 miles of line,…
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