SWEPCO begins rotating controlled outages in the ArkLaTex
SWEPCO, other utility companies put emergency controlled outages in the ArkLaTex into effect again SWEPCO crews prepare ahead of major ice storm; controlled emergency blackouts could happen again By Kaitlyn Gibson and Curtis Heyen | February 15, 2021 at 12:38 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 9:57 PM SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Cleco Power began periodic power outages on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 16. They say extremely cold temperatures are causing an increase in demand for power which is resulting in an overload of the power grid. “While our crews worked to prepare for this storm, a...