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New Orleans builds NASA's SLS core stages at Michoud, runs a major river port that is adding a 2 million TEU container terminal downriver, and sits beside refineries on both banks, all on a grid that went fully dark after Hurricane Ida. We train the electrical crews who keep the metro running, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in New Orleans when you ask.
Private employers in Louisiana are inspected by federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. Louisiana electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your New Orleans crew
Crews we train in and around New Orleans: aerospace manufacturing, port and maritime, refining and chemicals, healthcare, utility and grid contractors, public employers.
What the class covers for New Orleans crews
When Ida toppled a 400-foot Entergy tower, all of New Orleans lost power. We cover running a facility on standby generation, backfeed hazards and safely returning to utility power.
Michoud's two million square feet hold tooling, weld stations and test equipment for several contractors, and areas are being repurposed as programs change. We cover multi-employer sites where each crew works on shared electrical infrastructure.
The Sewerage and Water Board runs large pump motors and its own power supply, and a delayed pump start in 2026 showed how much rides on them. We cover switching and isolation on drainage equipment that has to be available every time it rains.
Hospital engineers switch and test emergency systems that patients depend on. We cover the risk assessment and switching procedures for that work.
New Orleans at a glance
Federal OSHA (Baton Rouge Area Office)
Entergy New Orleans (Orleans Parish), Entergy Louisiana
LSLBC contractor license; City of New Orleans electrician licenses
MSY
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Louisiana: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: federal OSHA
Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and every other Louisiana parish fall under the federal OSHA Baton Rouge Area Office. With no state plan, city, parish, levee district and school employees have no OSHA coverage.
Licensing: state contractor, local electrician
The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors licenses electrical contracting firms. Individual journeyman and master licenses are local, and the City of New Orleans is the most prominent issuer.
Where NFPA 70E fits
OSHA does not enforce NFPA 70E directly. In metro New Orleans it gives employers a recognized way to meet OSHA 1910 Subpart S and 1926 Subpart K, and OSHA can cite the General Duty Clause when a known hazard goes uncontrolled.
New Orleans's electrical work environment
NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans East covers 832 acres with more than two million square feet of manufacturing space under one roof. Boeing builds the Space Launch System core stage there and Lockheed Martin builds Orion pressure vessels. Nearly 1,000 employees there built about 90 percent of the Artemis vehicle, and in 2026 crews joined the Artemis III core stage ahead of a barge trip to Kennedy Space Center, while space once set aside for the cancelled Exploration Upper Stage is being repurposed.
The river carries the rest of the heavy work. The Port of New Orleans runs breakbulk, container, refrigerated and cruise terminals, and in August 2026 the Army Corps of Engineers issued the permit for the $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal on more than 1,200 acres the port bought in Violet, built with Ports America and MSC's TiL. Downriver in St. Bernard Parish, PBF Energy's 189,000 barrel a day Chalmette refinery has a 50 to 55 day crude unit and coker turnaround planned for the fourth quarter of 2026.
Drainage and healthcare carry the largest critical power loads. The Sewerage and Water Board's pumps are the city's main defense against flooding, and a July 2026 pump start delayed by operator error worsened street flooding, and Council members have pressed the board to coordinate its $300 million power complex with Entergy. Ochsner, based in the New Orleans area, operates 47 hospitals across the Gulf South, and hospital engineers keep large emergency power systems ready for storms that can take the whole grid down.
Port, aerospace, refining and grid work around New Orleans
These are the metro New Orleans sites where electrical crews spend the most time. Several sit outside Orleans Parish on the river.
| Site | What is there | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Michoud Assembly Facility NASA (Boeing, Lockheed Martin) | 832 acres in New Orleans East building SLS core stages, including the Artemis III stage joined in 2026. | Operating |
| Port of New Orleans terminals Port of New Orleans | Breakbulk, container, refrigerated and cruise terminals along the Mississippi. | Operating |
| Louisiana International Terminal Port of New Orleans, Ports America, TiL | $1.8 billion, 2 million TEU container terminal in Violet that received its Army Corps permit in August 2026. | Planned |
| Chalmette Refinery PBF Energy | 189,000 barrels a day in St. Bernard Parish, with a crude unit and coker turnaround planned for Q4 2026. | Operating |
| Norco manufacturing complex Refining and chemical operators | St. Charles Parish site dating to the New Orleans Refining Company of 1911. | Operating |
| New Orleans Power Station Entergy New Orleans | 128 MW of local generation that helped restore city power after Hurricane Ida. | Operating |
| Resilience Plan grid hardening Entergy New Orleans | Phase 1 projects through 2026 hardening more than 3,000 structures, with a $400 million Phase 2 under Council review. | Under construction |
Entergy New Orleans and the Ida lesson
Entergy New Orleans serves about 209,000 electric customers in Orleans Parish, while Entergy Louisiana serves 58 of the state's 64 parishes around it. Its 10-year, $1 billion Future Ready Resilience Plan began with a $100 million first phase that strengthens 3,096 structures and 63 line miles, and as of July 2026 the company said all 32 of its planned resiliency projects would be done by year end. A $400 million second phase is before the City Council, which is also reviewing reliability standards after repeated outages in New Orleans East and a July 4, 2026 French Quarter outage in which fire badly damaged the equipment.
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon on August 29, 2021. A 400-foot Entergy transmission tower near the old Avondale Shipyard collapsed, dropping eight major feeder lines into the Mississippi and cutting power to all of New Orleans. Power came back mainly by repairing a line from Slidell and bringing the 128 MW New Orleans Power Station online, and the resilience plan includes rebuilding the 230 kV Front Street to Michoud line across Lake Pontchartrain for 150 mph winds.
Who we train in New Orleans and the metro parishes
Facility and production electricians supporting the tenants at Michoud Assembly Facility.
Terminal and crane electricians at the Port of New Orleans breakbulk, container and cruise terminals.
Plant crews at the Chalmette refinery and the river plants in St. Bernard and St. Charles parishes.
Hospital engineering staff at Ochsner and other systems running emergency power.
Line and substation crews working on Entergy New Orleans hardening projects and storm restoration.
Sewerage and Water Board, city, parish and levee district electricians, who have no OSHA coverage in Louisiana.
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Questions from New Orleans employers
Our electricians hold City of New Orleans licenses. Does that make them qualified under NFPA 70E?
Can you train a crew at Michoud or another multi-tenant site?
How should our facility prepare electrically for hurricane season?
We work for a drainage or levee district. Does OSHA apply?
Does finishing the class make someone a qualified electrical worker?
What the people in the room say
“Virtual can never replace hands-on, but the engagement from our instructor and the class made it feel more engaging than some in-person courses I've taken.”
“Probably one of the most useful safety courses I've ever attended. Rick genuinely cares about people and their well-being.”
“This is the 2nd arc flash training course I've taken and the class was amazing. I feel like I'm leaving the training safer than before I took this class.”
Train your New Orleans crew on the 2027 edition.
Onsite within a few days, or private live virtual as soon as tomorrow. Need it fast? Call (813) 725-0999.