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What’s up with New Orleans Climate Action and Renewable Portfolio Standard?

12/17/2020

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Months ago the New Orleans City Council unanimously approved a resolution committing the City to 100% Net-Zero emissions by 2040, followed by actual zero emissions by 2050. Then the Council sent stakeholders back to the table to work out the details. 

Now the Council is expected to take up a final renewable resolution in January 2021. So, what does the rule on the Council’s desks look like, and does it meet those top four goals laid out by the Council earlier this year? Here is the breakdown.​
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Letters: New Orleans should take lead in historic transition to renewables

5/20/2020

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By Brent Newman
May 7, 2020
Article originally published by The Advocate
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Windmill blades prepared for transportation sit at the Associated Terminals on Weinberger Road in Chalmette, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Renewable-energy advocates, federal officials and representatives of wind-industry groups argue that wind power ought to get a closer look, as larger turbines and the prospect of lower costs could make a wind farm in the Gulf of Mexico a viable future power source for the city. ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD

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New Orleans City Council declares intention to achieve renewable energy goals.                     Denies 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard.

3/12/2020

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 New Orleans, LA -- Today the New Orleans City Council issued a resolution that calls on stakeholders to develop regulations on a “100% Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard” that will mandate that Entergy New Orleans reduce their net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2040 through the use of renewable energy resources, nuclear, gas. The Council set forth a six month timeline directing stakeholders to outline cost management policy, set mandatory deadlines for emissions reductions, and to phase out renewable “credits” by 2050.
 


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New Orleans CAN afford a renewable energy future. We CAN'T afford the status quo.

3/9/2020

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​In response to Entergy New Orlean's claims that a Resilient + Renewable Portfolio Standard would be unaffordable for New Orleans, the Alliance for Affordable Energy worked with the Applied Economics Clinic to set the record straight. Liz Stanton, PhD, Researcher Bryndis Woods, and Assistant Researchers Eliandro Tavares and Sagal Alisalad prepared a report that addresses Entergy New Orleans’ (ENO) critiques of the Energy Future New Orleans Coalition's July 2019 Resilient Renewable Portfolio Standard (R-RPS) proposal to achieve a 100 percent renewable electric generation by 2040. ENO incorrectly claims that the R-RPS would: be prohibitively costly; harm grid resiliency, and harm grid reliability. AEC’s analysis of the R-RPS found the plan to be affordable, would provide substantial resiliency benefits, and would reliably provide New Orleans’ energy needs. Here are some of the top takeaways from AEC's report.

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Economic Impact Analysis Determines R-RPS is best path forward.

3/9/2020

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​The proposal for a Resilient+Renewable Portfolio Standard, submitted by the Energy Future New Orleans coalition, will establish a 100 percent Renewable Energy Standard by 2040 and result in more jobs, greater emissions reductions, and more local investment than alternatives, and an energy system that is more prepared to withstand the realities of a changing climate.

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Majority of New Orleanians support 100% Renewable Energy

3/4/2020

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According to an opinion poll commissioned by the Alliance for Affordable Energy, a clear majority of New Orleans residents are supportive of a transition to 100% renewable energy and away from fossil fuels. ​

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The New Orleans City Council & Entergy vs. The People of New Orleans

1/6/2020

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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal to Decide Open Meetings Law Violations, Entergy Gas Plant After Hearing Oral Arguments Today

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Entergy sues the City Council over lower profit rate and $1 million fine

12/11/2019

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Entergy New Orleans CEO David Ellis sits at a City Council utility committee meeting in October.
Entergy New Orleans, the city’s electric and gas utility, filed two lawsuits on Friday over recent decisions by the New Orleans City Council, which serves as the company’s regulator. 
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by MICHAEL ISAAC STEIN
Article originally published by The Lens

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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Electric Companies Like Entergy Are Using Affiliate Transactions to Block Renewable Energy, Here’s How

12/11/2019

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​Despite the environmental, economic, and reliability benefits of switching to  a renewables future, New Orleans, Louisiana is being blocked by local utility monopoly, Entergy.
BY: JOSEPH DANIEL, SENIOR ENERGY ANALYST 
Published by Union of Concerned Scientists
December 11, 2019, 12:38 PM EST

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City Council Teams Up with Entergy in Court Battle Involving the Paid Actors Scandal

12/3/2019

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The Right of Residents to Participate in Council Meetings Under Attack, Groups Say
​New Orleans, LA, December 3rd, 2019 –A battle is brewing over a court judgment that threw out the City Council’s approval of the Entergy gas plant for violation of Louisiana Open Meetings Law. The violation occurred at two controversial Council meetings that involve Entergy’s deceptive use of paid actors to fill up a meeting room and speak from scripts as though they were concerned residents. At these meetings, numerous New Orleans residents were denied the opportunity to comment on Entergy’s application for a new gas plant in New Orleans East. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal has scheduled a hearing for oral arguments on January 6, 2020.

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