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On May 20, 2021, the full New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to adopt R-21-182, establishing a Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard (RCPS) for the city of New Orleans. ​

The RCPS is a legal mandate that requires that, by 2040, all of the electricity Entergy supplies to New Orleans comes from energy sources that do not add to the climate crisis, with up to 10% offsets allowed. By 2050 Entergy must entirely eliminate the use of fossil fuels.

In 2018 AAE joined forces with 30 local organizations to ask the New Orleans City Council to open an RPS rulemaking. A renewable portfolio standard (RPS) is a regulatory requirement that utilities meet a specified percentage (or wattage) of their power supply using qualified renewable resources. A RPS is the way to bolster local investment in clean energy production and give Louisiana citizens cleaner energy choices. In 2019 the docket was opened and the work began. Two years later in 2021 New Orleans joins the now 35 states and three US territories that have established renewable energy mandates.

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