By Wesley Muller
Louisiana Illuminator
BATON ROUGE, La. - A state energy regulator wants all electric utilities in Louisiana to pause shut-offs and refrain from disconnecting anyone’s power while residents are forced to shelter from extreme heat conditions.
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis said he plans to ask the state’s utility companies to commit to pausing all customer disconnections for as long as the state remains under a state of emergency for extreme heat. Lewis will make the request at the PSC’s meeting Wednesday.