Natural Gas System Rebuild
Entergy New Orleans Submits Gas Rebuild Plan
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June of 2007, Entergy New Orleans filed its gas rebuild plan with the New
Orleans City Council detailing the first three years of its strategy to
rebuild approximately 844 miles of steel and cast iron pipelines that were
inundated with saltwater after Hurricane Katrina.
Though the gas system is functional and provides safe and reliable gas service
to New Orleans customers, the corrosive effects of the floodwaters continue
and if left unaddressed will cause significant issues for service availability
and reliability.
The city’s low-pressure gas system will be converted to a high-pressure system
similar to the one in New Orleans East, and the work will initially target
areas where the current system is experiencing the worst impact of corrosion.
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