Your Voice Is Needed

As a resident you have the power to speak up and make changes in your community! 

​Concerned about how much your energy bill is costing? Curious about where your power comes from? The New Orleans City Council plays an enormous role in deciding the costs that our utility, Entergy New Orleans, charges to customers, the types of services it provides, and the kind of energy that powers our city - and you can get involved in the decision making process!
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​​If you live in New Orleans that means that you buy your power from Entergy New Orleans, or ENO. ENO, an investor-owned (for profit) electric and gas utility (IOU), is the sole power provider in New Orleans.

​The New Orleans City Council (CNO) is responsible for regulating Entergy New Orleans (ENO). Typically this authority rests at a state level Commission, like the Louisiana Public Service Commission, but New Orleans is unique in that it is the only city council in the US that has separate regulatory authority its electric and gas utility.

How to Get Involved

  1. Stay Informed: Learn about important issues concerning energy regulation in New Orleans by following us and our partners on social media. 
  2. Attend Meetings: Your presence matters! Attend New Orleans City Council meetings and show your support for positive change.
  3. Raise Your Voice: Share your thoughts, ideas, and concerns with the New Orleans City Council by contacting the Councilmembers, submitting public comment during a meeting, or intervening in a docket. Your perspective is invaluable! 
CONTACT YOUR COUNCILMEMBER
EFNO encourages you to reach out to your utility regulator, the New Orleans City Council, who makes decisions about how much your utility bill costs and where your power comes from, among other things. In Orleans Parish, the New Orleans City Council regulates our utility, Entergy New Orleans.

The City Council of New Orleans is composed of seven elected Councilmembers (two elected at-large and five elected from districts). If you are unsure who your CNO Councilmember is you can find out using the district maps provided here. 
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Councilmembers Contact Information:
At-Large Councilmember Helena Moreno: [email protected]
At-Large Councilmember Jean Paul "JP" Morrell: [email protected]​
District A Councilmember Joseph I. Giarrusso III: [email protected]
District B Councilmember Lesli Harris: [email protected]
District C Councilmember Freddie King III: [email protected]​
District D Councilmember Eugene J. Green: [email protected]
District E Councilmember Oliver Thomas: [email protected]
SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT AT A COUNCIL MEETING
The New Orleans City Council holds regular bi-monthly meetings open to the public at City Hall (1300 Perdido St, New Orleans, LA 70112).​In addition to regular meetings, the Council also holds Committee meetings on specific matters like utility regulation, climate change and sustainability, economic development, and more. 
  • These Committee meetings are held monthly and information about them can also be found on the Council's meetings page. Once an item is voted on by a Committee, it still needs to go to the full Council for a vote.  
At the monthly Utility Committee meetings the Council will discuss and vote on various matters - from a utility's request for a rate increase to an application for a new power plant or solar development.
  • The Council will release an agenda for meetings 24-48 hours before the meeting so you can see what issues the Council is considering. ​
  • During the meeting the Council offers the opportunity for the public to comment on each agenda item. All you have to do is grab a comment card from the front of the room and place it in the comment at the front of the room. 
  • Not able to attend the meeting in person? You can also submit comment online in advance of a meeting and your comments will be read onto the record. If you're submitting a comment online make sure to submit it in advance as the comment portal closes 24 hours before the start of the meeting. 

For years, the Energy Future New Orleans Coalition has advocated for strong regulatory oversight of Entergy in order to lower costs to ratepayers, increase the reliability of electric service in New Orleans, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are the cause of the changing climate threatening the future of our city.

Join us in calling for a more equitable and renewable energy city for present and future generations.​
Intervene in energy proceedings
Decisions at the New Orleans City Council (CNO) are generally made through a docketed process, ​allowing for public involvement.  The Council will open a utility docket to change rates, to enact energy policy on efficiency, rooftop solar, renewable portfolio standards, reliability, and more.
  • Dockets are opened by the Council using a tool called a resolution.
  • An initiating resolution lays out the purpose of the docket, the procedural schedule, and timeline for intervention.
  • Resolutions are voted on at New Orleans City Council meetings. You can find the schedule of meetings as well as meeting agendas on the Council website at: council.nola.gov/meetings 
  • The only way to learn about a new docket is to check the Council's meeting agendas or join the Council's meeting. BUT one of EFNO's members, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, aims to keep residents informed about utility dockets and how they affect you. Check out their website here or follow them on social media (@all4energy) for information on both new and previously opened utility dockets. 
While the Council posts filings in agendas, most of the intervention filings from individual dockets are not are not readily available to the public on The Council website. The Alliance for Affordable Energy, has dedicated themselves to public awareness, access and transparency by collecting and organizing all of the documents by docket date and filer so that the public and those interested in energy policy can have access to all of the relevant documents. Access New Orleans Dockets documents using The Alliance's New Orleans Dockets page.
Have some ideas but not sure the best way to get involved. We want to hear from you, and we are here as a resource. Reach out to us through our contact us page.

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Please email Jesse George at [email protected] if you're interested in getting plugged in!

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