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Animal caused Cleco outages Wednesday
Thu, 07/27/2017 - 7:56am
An animal getting into a Cleco power substation in Bayou Vista was the culprit that caused over 7,900 customers in the area to lose power Wednesday evening, Cleco Spokeswoman Jennifer Cahill said.
A total of 7,970 customers lost power beginning at 7:37 p.m., and power was restored by 8:08 p.m., Cahill said.