Dear Aaron,
If Entergy New Orleans gets its way, New Orleans will remain totally reliant on dirty sources of energy like nuclear, coal and natural gas for decades into the future.1
The company just released a draft of its long term energy plan,2 and incredibly, it doesn’t include any investments in renewable energy projects in New Orleans for the next 20 years.
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that the company that failed to keep the lights on during the Super Bowl would produce such a terrible plan. But with New Orleans squarely in the path of climate-change-fueled hurricanes and increasingly threatened by rising sea-levels, doubling down on dirty energy is a mistake the city can’t afford to make.
Entergy has promised to publicly answer every question it receives about its energy plan — but it is only taking questions until Wednesday. Given the dangerous, dirty energy plan Entergy has proposed, we need to ask some tough questions to show our opposition.
Take a look at our sample questions below, then click here to visit Entergy’s website and either paste in one of the questions below or submit your own.
- New Orleans is as threatened by climate change as any other American city. Do you think this gives Entergy New Orleans a unique responsibility to invest in clean, renewable sources of energy?
- Are you concerned that continuing to rely on fossil fuels will fuel climate change and contribute to extreme weather events in New Orleans?
- According to your current energy plan, Entergy will remain just as reliant on nuclear, coal and natural gas plants in 2031 as it is now. With utilities across the country quickly ramping up clean energy deployment, why is Entergy failing to do so?
- Do you honestly expect New Orleans residents to support a 20-year energy plan that doesn’t make any investments in renewable energy?
- Your plan acknowledges the uncertainty around future natural gas prices. Why would you invest so heavily in natural gas plants that are likely to quickly become uneconomical?
Click here to submit your question — or one of the questions above — on Entergy’s website.
Thanks for fighting for clean energy in New Orleans.
Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
1. Jay Todd, “No renewable energy sources in Entergy’s 20-year preliminary plans ,” The Examiner, 2/22/13
2. To download Entergy’s draft 20-year energy plan, click here.
