Citing persistent outages, a New Orleans City Council committee on Wednesday voted to revive a dormant investigation into Entergy New Orleans' management of its power lines, poles and other equipment.

The resolution approved Wednesday by the council's Utilities Committee points to an uptick in outages caused by equipment failures and vegetation over the last two years and an "apparent lack of adequate asset management and maintenance." It also notes that outages have disproportionately affected certain neighborhoods, though it doesn't identify which ones.

The resolution, which still needs approval from the full council, would require Entergy to hire a consultant to provide an updated report on the steps the utility has taken to improve reliability. It directs Entergy to pay for the re

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