KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Evergy will assist with recovery efforts in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Ida made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Sunday.
Following the landfall, millions of people lost power, which included the entire city of New Orleans.
In a press release Monday, Evergy said it would send 100 distribution linemen with management and support to assist in the recovery efforts.
The employees will be on a two-week rotation and working 16 hour days.
Evergy officials said they don't know yet where the crews will sleep. They may be bussed in from one or two hours away or they may sleep in their trucks or tents.
In addition, the company said it has already released 400 transmission and distribution linemen and 100 vegetation contractors to help restore power.
Evergy said some of the crew departed Monday and the rest would leave Tuesday morning.
"This is really game day for us," Jamie Kiely, senior director for distribution operations for Evergy said. "It's the right thing to do."
Kiely said there may be areas that crews won't be able to work on for weeks due to the storm damage.
Missouri Task Force 1 and Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative are also contributing to recovery efforts in Louisiana.
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