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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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New Orleans is ready for resilient power.

11/25/2019

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Originally published by The Lens, November 25, 2019
by
 ANDY KOWALCZYK AND MARRIELE MANGO

If you live in New Orleans, you know how often the electricity goes out. Advisers hired by the New Orleans City Council found that, between June 2016 and May 2017, there were a total of 2,599 outages and roughly half lasted two hours or more. 

Sure, some of this can be blamed on heat, flooding and storms, but more than half the power outages reported were unrelated to weather. More than a third resulted from equipment failure. 


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Letters: New standards would help Louisiana face climate change

11/14/2019

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By Tan Nguyen NOV 12, 2019
​Originally published on The Advocate
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This map from the 4th National Climate Assessment estimates sea level rise along the nation’s coastlines in 2090 under a high climate change scenario. The darkest red color, which is seen on the western and southeastern Louisiana coast, predicts a six-foot rise.

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Louisiana should address the root cause of global warming, LTE by Anthony Fleming

10/31/2019

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BY WALT HANDELSMAN | Advocate Staff Editorial Cartoonist
By Anthony Fleming 
Tulane University student
New Orleans
Letter to the Editor published on The Advocate
OCT 1, 2019

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Analysis Finds a Strong Economic Case for Resilient Solar and Battery Storage in New Orleans, and four other Southeastern Cities.

10/21/2019

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Clean Energy Group’s new report series explores the obstacles and opportunities for deploying solar+storage at critical community facilities throughout the Southeast

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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

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Resilient RPS: New Orleans' unique challenges require new solutions

10/11/2019

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The following is a contributed article by Karl R. Rábago, a national clean energy expert who has served as a utility executive and on the Public Utility Commission in Texas, and Thad Culley, regional director with the national, non-profit solar advocacy group Vote Solar. Originally published on Utilitydive.com.

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Groups call out Entergy CEO for gaslighting New Orleans

10/7/2019

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Leo Denault is under fire for "sustainability" summit used to promote expensive, hazardous nuclear energy and polluting gas plant over resident-controlled solar power.

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Council utility advisors recommend mandating net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

9/4/2019

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By Michael Isaac Stein
​The Lens

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This Crazy Trick Could Help New Orleans Utility Customers Save Money

6/5/2019

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 JOSEPH DANIEL, SENIOR ENERGY ANALYST - Originally published on Union of Concerned Scientists blog

Over the past year or so, a lot of states with renewable portfolio standards (RPS) have opted to double down on that policy mechanism to set a path to 100% clean electricity. However, most jurisdictions in the deep south have been reticent to pass such policies. That might change later this year, as the City of New Orleans considers passing an RPS. And that’s the crazy trick that could save customers money. Passing an RPS.  ​

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