SWEPCO asks customers to limit power use
LOUISIANA - A Shreveport-based power company is urging its Louisiana customers to conserve power.
Southwestern Electric Power Co. is asking its 180,000 northwest Louisiana customers to keep electricity use at a minimum. The company hopes to avoid a series of rolling blackouts that would leave customers without power for up to two hours at a time.
SWEPCO says the request was made because of high temperatures in the area, increased demand for electricity and transmission problems with the electric system in Louisiana.
SWEPCO is a unit of American Electric Power.
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