OG&E deployed 240 crew members and support personnel to Louisiana early Sunday to assist with power restoration.

SHAWNEE, OKLA. (Aug. 29, 2021) - OG&E deployed over 200 crew members to Louisiana to assist with power restoration as Hurricane Ida made landfall today.

At 6 a.m. this morning, a contingent of over 50 OG&E trucks carrying 240 linemen, vegetation management personnel, and support staff departed from a staging area in Shawnee. The group will head to Shreveport, Louisiana by Sunday evening and to a designated staging area in Baton Rouge Monday in preparation of expected power outages due to the storm.

OG&E was requested by Entergy in Louisiana for additional support.

“Our crews are ready to go to work. We take pride in lending our resources and expertise to restore power to Entergy Louisiana’s customers should Hurricane Ida impact their electric service,” said Andrea Dennis, OG&E Vice President of Transmission & Distribution Operations. “We appreciate the assistance we received in times of severe weather events, and we are happy to answer the call when our fellow utility companies ask. We know people depend on electricity and our industry has long supported each other when disaster strikes.”

The electric utility is a member of the Midwest Mutual Assistance and Southeast Electrical Exchange, which dispatches mutual assistance teams in cases of widespread outages. Companies impacted by major outage events increase the size of their workforce by using restoration workers from other companies in unaffected areas.

OG&E’s mutual assistance crews are typically deployed for up to 14 days. The company will send additional support if needed.

About OG&E 

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE), is Oklahoma’s largest electric utility. For more than a century, we have provided customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas the safe, reliable electricity needed to power their businesses and homes at rates below the national average. Our employees are committed to generating and delivering electricity, protecting the environment and providing excellent service to our 858,000 customers. OG&E has 7,081 MW of electric generation capacity fueled by low-sulfur coal, natural gas, wind and solar. OG&E employees live, work and volunteer in the communities we serve. For more information about OG&E, visit our website at oge.com or follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/ogepower, Instagram: @ogepower and Twitter: @OGandE.