Hurricane Ida has left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power. The damage and frustration across the state has put a spotlight on Louisiana's biggest utility company, Entergy. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse explains the problems that power grids like Entergy’s have in preparing for future disasters like Ida.

Annie Snider covers water issues for POLITICO Pro.

Catherine Morehouse covers climate change for POLITICO.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.

Raghu Manavalan is the host-producer of the Playbook Daily Briefing and a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.

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Louisiana’s power grid faces major questions post-Ida