India, May 26 -- A massive power outage struck New Orleans on Sunday, leaving over 100,000 Entergy New Orleans customers without electricity across the Eastbank, St. Bernard Parish, Metairie, and parts of Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes.

The outage, caused by a load shedding event ordered by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), began around 4:30 PM CDT.

New Orleans City Councilmember Joseph Giarrusso highlighted MISO's three-minute warning to Entergy.

"According to Entergy, this is a load shed event as directed by MISO. That means it is intentional. The question is why?" he wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

The outage was triggered by a load shed, an intentional power cut to prevent grid overload when ...