BIT. AND AS WE TRACK THE STORMY WEATHER HERE, MANY ARE HOPING THAT THE LIGHTS STAY ON JUST AS NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL LEADERS GRILL ENTERGY OFFICIALS ABOUT RECENT POWER DISRUPTIONS. WELL, CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE OUTAGES SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY DO WITH OR WITHOUT THE WEATHER. WDSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD LIVE AND HAS MORE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ENTERGY AERIAL. WELL, LADIES COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY REALLY WENT IN ON ALL OF THE UTILITY GROUPS HERE IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SAYING THAT THEY NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER TO TIGHTEN UP THEIR SYSTEMS AND REALLY WORK TOGETHER, BUT THEY SPECIFICALLY WENT IN ON ENTERGY THIS MORNING SAYING THAT ALL OF THESE POWER OUTAGES ARE UNNECESSARY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T T BEEN HAVING A LOT F RAIN EVENTS. AND WHEN I START RUBBING MY HEAD IS WHEN I GET FRUSTRATED, RAKED OVER THE COALS BY CITY COUNCIL LEADERS. THIS IS NOT JOE'S DATA. THIS IS NOT THE ADVISOR'S DATA. THIS IS NOT KURO'S DATA. THIS IS ENERGY'S DATA. SO I'M ASKING, AM I ALLOWED TO RELY WHEN ENTERGY TELLS ME IT'S FAIR WEATHER THAT THE OUTAGE HAPPENED IN FAIR WEATHER, ENTERGY OFFICIALS SAT IN THE HOT SEAT TUESDAY MORNING AS COUNCIL LEADERS QUESTIONED WHY RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS ARE SEEING RECURRING POWER OUTAGES WHEN IT'S ALL SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKIES OUTSIDE. POWER OUTAGE AFTER OUTAGE. HOT HOMES AND EVEN HOTTER TEMPERATURES. COUNCILMAN JOE GIARRUSSO SAYS. ACROSS NEW ORLEANS, NEARLY 20,000 RESIDENTS HAVE DEALT WITH OUTAGES WITHIN A FOUR MONTH SPAN AND SAYS ENERGY IS SPENDING MORE MONEY. WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR SPENDING MORE MONEY BUT HAVING MORE OUTAGES? 57% OF OF KIND OF THE WEATHER IMPACTS WERE THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR SO FAR WERE NON FAIR WEATHER. WE HAD 43% FAIR WEATHER. UM, AS FAR AS OUTAGES. ENTERGY OFFICIALS SAY MOST OF THEIR OUTAGES WERE NOT INITIALLY RELATED TO WEATHER, BUT SAYS OVER TIME, INTENSE WEATHER CAUSES DEGRADATION OF EQUIPMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE VISUALLY OR DETECT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY LIKE THERMOGRAPHY THAT THAT CAN OCCUR. THAT AFFECTS OUR RELIABILITY AS WELL. THE OTHER MAJOR IMPACTS TO OUR SYSTEM THIS YEAR HAS BEEN VEGETATION. ENTERGY SAYS IT HAS DECREASED THE DURATION OF OUTAGES AND IS WORKING TO IMPROVE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT. MAINTENANCE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY ALSO NEED TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION. I AM TIRED OF BEING EATEN UP BY MY NEIGHBORS ON THESE ISSUES. WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT'S GOING ON, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. AND ENTERGY SAYS IT ALSO PLANS TO DO WALKTHROUGHS THROUGH EACH DISTRICT TO ASSESS THE ISSUES. REPORTING FROM CITY HALL.