Category: NOPS (New Orleans Power Station)

A look back at Entergy's promises to sell a gas plant to New Orleans

9/5/2021

Hurricane Ida left hundreds of thousands in southeast Louisiana without power despite years of promises by Entergy that our communities would not have a repeat of power grid failures if they could just build that plant in New Orleans East. We have already learned that the promise of power coming back without outside transmission was false.

excerpt from the City Council's approval of NOPS

Check out these clips from the City Council's July 26th, 2017 UCTTC meeting at which Entergy attorney Brian Guillot and former president & CEO Charles Rice sell the City Council on NOPS and its importance in an emergency situation, touting its ability to "keep the lights on."

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Will the City Council give in to Entergy and add nearly $700 million gas plant to customers’ bills?

10/21/2019

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Entergy ignores judgment that voids City Council approval of gas plant and raises the cost from $210 million to nearly $700 million.

The rate that New Orleans residents will pay on Entergy bills will be taken up by the City Council utility committee when it meets at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 23 in Council Chambers. Advocacy groups warn that the rate plans recommended by Entergy and advisors to the City Council include expensive charges that would be billed to Entergy customers at a later date.

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