​Leaders of the Alliance for Affordable Energy, HousingNOLA, the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance (GNOHA), Power Coalition for Equity and Justice (PCEJ), the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), the Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association, the New Orleans Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA-NO), 350 New Orleans, the Climate Reality Project, Step Up Louisiana, the Sierra Club Delta Chapter, the Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition, and Healthy Gulf have submitted a letter requesting that the New Orleans City Council open an investigation into spending by Entergy New Orleans related to advertising, public relations, consulting, lobbying and commissioned research. 

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.

​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. 
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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.