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Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans' Power Grid. Residents Paid The Price

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Power company Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system in New Orleans after hurricanes repeatedly damaged the city's electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave. (Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica)
Power company Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system in New Orleans after hurricanes repeatedly damaged the city's electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave. (Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica)

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