Recent news about the 2017/2018 price for energy should make Entergy rethink their plans to build gas plants in New Orleans East and Lake Charles. Two weeks ago, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which manages the transmission of electricity in a region comprising 15 states, including Louisiana, and the Manitoba Province of Canada, held […]
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Experts: Is Entergy’s proposed plant in the Public Interest? NOPE.
On Friday, January 6, the Public Interest Intervenors, a coordinated group of advocates including the Alliance for Affordable Energy, the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, and the Sierra Club, submitted expert testimony to oppose Entergy’s proposal to build a new gas plant in New Orleans East. According to the testimony from a utility economist with […]
5 Things You Should Know About Entergy’s Proposed Power Plant
What ever happened to the Show Cause Order?
Whatever Happened to N.O. City Council Docket Number UD-16-01? If you’ve been following all of the excitement at the New Orleans City Council Utility Committee over the last few months, you’re probably aware that the City’s electricity provider Entergy New Orleans (ENO) has been very busy! It is in the process of wrapping up the […]
Alternative Options to the Combustion Turbine Power Plant
Road Map to the Future Take II: Alternative Options to the proposed Combustion Turbine Power Plant in New Orleans East Over the past few months there has been quite a bit of talk about Entergy New Orleans’ Integrated Resource Plan. Entergy New Orleans, the electric and gas utility provider for the city of New Orleans, has […]
Entergy New Orleans request to restructure
On July 22nd, 2016 Entergy New Orleans’ filed a request to restructure the New Orleans utility company. For more details on the proposed restructuring please click on the link below.
Entergy New Orleans and City Council at ‘impasse’
Entergy New Orleans will now be forced to provide hard data behind the proposal to build a Natural Gas Combustion Turbine power plant. The Alliance for Affordable Energy has been paying close attention to the Integrated Resource Plan and Entergy’s application to build a new Natural Gas Combustion Turbine power plant in New Orleans East. […]
Road Map to Our Future – Entergy New Orleans IRP
ROAD MAP TO OUR FUTURE Entergy New Orleans has filed the most recent draft of their Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), outlining the projected energy needs of New Orleans for the next 10-20 years. Entergy New Orleans’ draft IRP states that the need to provide reliable energy year round, including the hottest days of the year, are […]
UD-13-02 – ENO Examination of Opportunities and Effects of Consumer-Based Renewable Technologies in the City of New Orleans
Synopsis: Entergy New Orleans' analysis of Residential Rooftop Solar in Orleans Parish.
New Orleans is on the move.
December 22, 2015 By Ariel Drehobl, Research Analyst from Blog for ACEEE (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) This holiday season, New Orleans residents have cause for celebration as they receive an unexpected holiday gift: a new focus on energy efficiency savings. Cities are responsible for the majority of energy consumption, and local governments can play […]
Entergy Investing in Reliability-Upgrading power transmission system
This summer, Entergy New Orleans is beginning a $30 million upgrade to its electric power transmission system. Transmission are the part of the system that look like giant metal robots (see photo). This project is very much needed to ensure continued reliable and affordable power for New Orleans. Project Specifics This upgrade will replace existing […]
New Energy Smart Results In
Energy Smart, New Orleans’ energy efficiency program, posted recent results in a newly released report. You can read it here: ENO January-March 2015 Quarterly Energy Smart Report. Here are some quick results to peruse until you have time to read the whole report. You’re welcome! For East Bank: For West Bank:
The Carbon Bubble, Unbanked and Unfair, L’efficacite Energetique
The Carbon Bubble, Not So Delicious Economic bubbles are nothing new – the housing bubble of 2008 and Dot-com bubble in 2000. These economic bubbles form when a commodity value is propped up by speculation, market manipulation, weak regulation/regulatory capture, and Denial. (The capital D was intended.) Recently, investment portfolio managers have started talking about a […]
PSC Reinstates Energy Efficiency Programs!
Baton Rouge, LA – November 1 is the day that Entergy, SWEPCO, and Cleco customers will have access to Energy Efficiency programs. Utility scaled energy efficiency programs have proven to be the most affordable way to control energy demand. Rather than investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building new power plants, utility companies can […]
Louisiana Public Service Commission Meeting
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is slated to have October’s monthly Business and Executive meeting in New Orleans at The Supreme Court Building on Royal Street. Come join us and learn more about how energy policy is crafted. Take a look at the agenda HERE! If you cannot be at the meeting, it will live stream […]
Clean Energy for New Orleans
Entergy New Orleans announced yesterday that they will be holding a public meting on September 22nd to discuss the incorporation of utility-scale renewable projects in the Integrated Resource Plan. This is huge news. Currently, Entergy New Orleans generates all of its electricity with dirty fossil fuel burning and nuclear plants. This meeting means large amounts […]
Integrated Resource Plan Technical Conference
Last Friday, Entergy New Orleans (ENO) hosted a public meeting to discuss the future of New Orleans’ energy. Check out what Alliance for Affordable Energy’s CEO Casey DeMoss had to say about the meeting by clicking here. If you would like more information about the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), please contact Community Outreach Manager, Annie, […]
Streetlight Hubbub
New Orleans’ streetlight problem is as complex as any of the city’s infrastructure troubles. Intuitively, fixing a streetlight sounds easy. Just put in a new bulb, right? Not so fast! Katrina damaged many poles and wires so replacing a dark bulb may not bring the light back on. The bulb could be fine it’s the […]
Response to Cmmr Skrmetta on the Energy Efficiency Rules
Casey DeMoss Roberts Commissioner Skrmetta recently published an article in several news sources across Louisiana explaining his recent move at the Public Service Commission. His action to overturn Louisiana’s recently adopted energy efficiency (EE) law was strongly criticized by two of the most reputable conservative publications in the nation – Bloomberg Business Week and Forbes […]
CREDO Action
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 […]
Entergy Puts New Orleans’ Energy Future In Question
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, Entergy New Orleans hosted the first public conference on the New Orleans Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which will determine New Orleans’ energy future for the next 20 years. Entergy New Orleans representative, Jim Lanning presented a plan that is uninspiring and lacks vision. Entergy New Orleans plans to meet the city’s needs by relying on […]
Solar Roundtable Recap 1/9/2013
The Alliance and GSREIA would like to thank everyone who attended our first Solar Roundtable of 2013, which was a resounding success. We would like to thank our host John Williams of Williams Architects, our very own AAE board member, who graciously opened his business doors and provided the delicious refreshments. We had a great turnout and […]
Policy Update 1/8/2013
Net-Meter Backlog Leaves Orleans Parish Solar Residents in the Dark. Hundreds of completed solar arrays are lounging around on roofs across New Orleans unable to work for residents who have invested in clean energy. Before a residential solar system can be hooked into the grid, the city council must issue a permit and Entergy must install […]
