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CPS Energy dispatched a storm recovery team to Lafayette, La. this morning to help restore power for residents living in Southwestern Louisiana whose electric service was knocked out by Hurricane Gustav.

The utility is sending out Mike White, David Miller, Tim Dennis and Glen Mueller to lead to the restoration mission. All have experience working on other storm-related disasters.

“We’ll be assisting the Lafayette Utilities System (LUS), a municipally owned utility similar to CPS Energy,” says Ron Schaefer, the company’s vice president of new service delivery. “LUS serves about 60,000 electric customers in and around Lafayette, a city of approximately 112,000 in Southwestern Louisiana.”

Utility linemen will repair downed power lines and damaged transformers 500 fast cash. Pole crews will replace fallen utility poles and support personnel will help with transportation and communications.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told reporters Tuesday that some 300,000 people throughout the state are currently without power.

CPS Energy is developing a proficiency in helping out storm-related disasters. In July, a 34-member crew helped restore power in Brownsville following Hurricane Dolly. In 2005, local workers helped restore power in Texas and Louisiana in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

CPS Energy is San Antonio’s municipally owned utility. The company serves 685,000 electric customers and nearly 320,000 natural gas customers.

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