Transmission Reconstruction Continues After Arkansas Storms

摘要

The lights are back on, but storm restoration work in Arkansas is far from over. Between April 4 and May 10, 59 Entergy Arkansas Inc. transmission line segments were knocked out, 26 of which required significant reconstruction to put back in service. As of mid-May, all but one were back on. Two damaged 500-kV segments represent enormous construction projects, and for weeks, massive resources were focused on getting them back in service. About 320 transmission linemen, engineers, safety specialists and others have been spending long days slogging through snake-infested flooded fields and steep terrain to get to the trouble areas. Mud boots, airboats, bucket trucks and helicopters move workers and equipment to where they need to be to get the power flowing again as quickly and safely as possible.