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Look for civil lawsuits to start flying all over the place in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Despite its initial adamant denials on Sunday night (02-03-2013) during the Super Bowl of any culpability, officials of Entergy New Orleans now admit the Super Bowl blackout was the electric company's fault.
Apparently, according to Entergy, an electrical device that the company had installed expressly to prevent a power outage in the Superdome failed during the game.
Officials of Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., said the device, called a relay, had been installed in switching gear to protect the Superdome from a cable failure between the company's incoming power line and lines that run into the stadium.
The switching gear is housed in a building known as "the vault" near the stadium that receives a line directly from a nearby Entergy power substation. Once the line reaches the vault, it splits into two cables that go into the Superdome.
Company officials said the device performed with no problems during January's Sugar Bowl and other earlier events, but has been removed and will be replaced. All systems at the Superdome are now working and the dome will host a major Mardi Gras event Saturday night, said Doug Thornton, an executive with SMG, the company that manages the stadium for the state.
The power failure at Sunday's big game cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes, halting play between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. The FBI had ruled out cyberterrorism as a cause. Hmmm --- what about gambling interests? The "blackout" has caused a "black eye" for Entergy. The electric company's stock price is now down by 1.75% due to the incident. [www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/02-08-2013/ "Entergy Stock Takes A Hit For Super Bowl Blackout"; www.washingtonpost.com/business/power/02-08-2013/ "Entergy: Super Bowl Blackout Caused By Electrical Device Installed To Prevent Power Outage"]
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