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A blog on energy matters in Louisiana!

Meet our new supporter & ally E Source. Learn about how they're helping organizations with energy assistance missions.

2/24/2022

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Reblog from E Source
By Sara Patnaude
February 2nd, 2022
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Every year the E Source Women’s Group spearheads charity initiatives to support the community. Together with its employees, E Source donated nearly $10,000 to the following organizations with energy assistance missions for low-income customers and customers struggling to pay their utility bills.
  • ​​Energy Alabama 
  • ​Energy Outreach Colorado
  • Alliance for Affordable Energy
  • HeartShare Human Services of New York​
The Alliance is pleased to call E Source a new supporter and ally, and honored to have been included amongst these organizations with energy assistance missions.

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Letter to LA Senator Cassidy - Prioritize Louisianans health & safety not your fossil fuel backed CCS agenda

2/18/2022

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Friday, February 18th | A coalition of Louisiana groups sent a letter to U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), condemning his decision to block all four of President Biden’s nominees for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to push the agency to quickly approve the application by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) to permit the underground disposal of millions of tons of carbon waste.

The coalition is calling out Senator Cassidy’s actions as an attempt to subvert the federal regulatory process, bypass public input and community engagement, and see the outcome he wants, not to simply expedite the application process. 
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On September 17, 2021, the LDNR submitted its application to EPA for permitting authority. Only two states, Wyoming and North Dakota, have been granted permitting authority by the EPA after a considerably longer review time than Senator Cassidy wants for the LDNR. Neither of those states have LDNR’s poor track record in managing underground wells.
Read the Letter to Senator Cassidy

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Tune in to our LPSC Teach-In Tuesday, February 22nd

2/17/2022

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What is the LPSC anyway? The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) regulates nearly all of Louisiana's utilities.

Want a RPS in LA? That'll come from the LPSC. More renewable energy on the grid? Again, a LPSC decision. What about Energy Efficiency programs or even an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard? Look toward the LPSC!

Climate change is here, and we need to significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. The Governor's Climate Initiatives Task Force agrees and has published a plan to reduce our carbon emissions, but the LPSC is going to have to act on it.


So how do we engage with the LPSC? Join us Tuesday, February 22nd at 5:30pm CT for a LPSC Teach-In to get all of the answers to your burning questions!
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EFNO Urges the New Council to Act on Promised Management Audit​ of Entergy

2/17/2022

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The Energy Future New Orleans Coalition sent a letter the New Orleans City Council today urging the new Council to fulfill its commitment to take up in earnest a management audit of Entergy New Orleans, LLC.
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​In the wake of Hurricane Ida, which rendered much of the city powerless for a week-and-a-half, the Council voted on September 23, 2021 to adopt motion M-21-342. That motion directed the Council Utility Regulatory Office (“CURO”) to develop a request for qualifications (“RFQ”) for a firm to conduct the audit. CURO issued the RFQ on December 8, 2021, and it has now been two months with no further action. We understand now that the RFQ has failed to garner a single response, a worrisome confirmation that the audit services market does not believe the Council has shown serious commitment to this effort.

The record before the Council documents the multiple Entergy failures and misplaced priorities that warrant prompt action on the audit. Get up to date on the full story in our letter to the Council. ​
EFNO Letter to the Council Re. Management Audit

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Save the Date! Join The Alliance for a Benefit Show & Raffle at Tipitina’s

2/15/2022

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The Alliance for Affordable Energy is excited to be teaming up with Tipitina's for a benefit show and raffle on Saturday, March 19th, 2022. Join us for fun, drinks, and music to support your local consumer and environmental advocate.

The legendary trombonist Fred Wesley of the J.B.’s will headline a New Orleans All-Star team including Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff of Lettuce, Sam Kininger of Soulive, Russell Batiste & Friends, and Billy Iuso. 

Get tickets - for only $30 - online at: bit.ly/AAEtickets
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Let's take a minute to celebrate the recent victories

2/14/2022

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For 35 years, the Alliance for Affordable Energy has been advocating for equitable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy for the people of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. While we are often opposed by powerful corporations and entrenched interests, our supporters and community partnerships have magnified our successes.

Let's take a minute to celebrate the recent victories:

In 2018, the Alliance and our partners in the Energy Future New Orleans Coalition helped to expose a scandal on the part of Entergy New Orleans in which the company paid actors to attend public meetings in support of an unpopular methane-fired power plant in New Orleans East. Subsequently, we successfully pressured the New Orleans City Council to levy a $5M fine against Entergy.
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The Climate Task Force's Final Report is here! Get the rundown in GS4GND's joint statement on the report.

2/3/2022

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Joint Statement of the Louisiana Policy Table of Gulf South for a Green New Deal on the Louisiana Climate Action Plan
The Louisiana Climate Action Plan (“LCAP”), the final product of the Governor’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, contains recommendations that could potentially set Louisiana on a path to meeting the goal of net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. Key measures in the plan include:
  • Rapid, renewably-generated electrification of the industrial sector
  • Enforcement of a Net Zero Industry Standard, including efforts to align permitting of new facilities with the aim of reducing GHG emissions;
  • investment in renewably-fueled mass transit running; and
  • widespread deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy, particularly through the adoption of a Renewable Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) mandating these technologies.​ ​
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However, the LCAP has significant limitations: it is not, in fact, a plan, but rather an unprioritized list of recommendations that provides no analysis of the relative greenhouse gas emissions reductions of the measures included.
Read the Louisiana Climate Action Plan

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