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August 11, 2013

Signs of recovery...or not

Entergy is laying off 800 of its 15,000 employees.

Entergy Corp. says it plans to cut 800 jobs — nearly one-third of them in Louisiana, where the bulk of its employees live...

Major layoffs at a major power generation outfit doesn't bode well. Something has to give - ongoing distribution grid maintenance/upgrades, power plant maintenance, customer service for downed lines, etc. Most power companies already run pretty lean.

If you like your blackouts
you can keep your blackouts

Might as well open the thread as you open up a can of tasty beans for diner and enjoy the new "SmartGrid". Its so smart, it'll almost run itself.


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