To power the data center Entergy has proposed building 3 new gas plants at a cost of $3.2 Billion. Yet Entergy’s plan to serve this project is rushed, risky, and incomplete. Their application underestimates the transmission challenges, glosses over critical reliability concerns, and offers little assurance that residents won’t be stuck paying the price for a deal made behind closed doors.
Entergy and Meta’s application is currently under review by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, docket U-37425, and we’re expecting Commissioners to make a decision in the Fall. Before this project moves forward, we need full transparency, more technical analysis, and a commitment to pursue less risky and less polluting energy options.
Contact your Public Service Commissioner and tell them Louisiana residents shouldn’t pay the price for Big Tech’s power grab. Demand transparency, more analysis, cleaner options on the table, and a plan that works for people, not just profits.
If you are unsure who your LPSC Commissioner is you can find out using the Secretary of State Voter Portal. Commissioners contact information can be found below.
The Alliance and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently filed expert testimony that raised major red flags about the cost, scale and speed of this project—and the lack of transparency and analysis around it.
UCS also published a great blog you can read here. “In addition to the costs that could directly hit Louisianans’ wallets in the future, the experts also point out that the risks of power outages and environmental harms are seriously understated, which could add more costs outside utility bills,” writes Paul Arbaje, energy analyst for UCS.
