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New Orleans City Council Utility Chair Moreno urges action on regional grid as key to clean energy path

5/28/2021

Shortly after the New Orleans City Council passed standards requiring 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050 and 90 percent within two decades, Council President Helena Moreno followed up with an immediate action to help pave the way for the city to succeed on its policy mandate.

In a May 24, 2021 letter to Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) CEO John Bear, Moreno underscored the importance of long-range transmission planning at MISO needed for “upgrading and expanding the wholesale transmission system to increase the access to low-cost, renewable energy resources.”

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New Orleans City Council takes action on climate change

5/20/2021

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Today 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.

After over two years of work on a policy to get polluting and fossil fuels out of New Orleans’ energy mix, thanks to petitions, symposia, community meetings, online town halls, and your input, the New Orleans Council has voted to approve the first Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard in the Gulf South. Today New Orleans joined the now 32 states and three US territories that have established renewable energy mandates.

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Letters: Costs of climate change denial start to show up in our energy bills By Jessica Hendricks

5/19/2021

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Article by Jessica Hendricks
Originally Published on The Advocate
May 17, 2021

Louisiana residents will start to notice increases in their utility bills in the coming months as charges for last fall’s hurricanes and February's winter storm roll onto bills.

The busy 2020 hurricane season caused significant damage to utility transmission and distribution lines across the state and our utilities racked up significant costs to restore power. Those costs are all passed along to all utility customers. Similarly, the February winter storm caused ice damage to transmission and distribution lines, shut down power generation, and caused the cost of natural gas to skyrocket. Those costs too, will be passed along to you

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New Orleans City Council Utility Chair Moreno urges action on regional grid as key to clean energy path

New Orleans City Council takes action on climate change

Letters: Costs of climate change denial start to show up in our energy bills By Jessica Hendricks

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