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Persistent outages plaguing Grand Gulf nuclear plant are adding millions to the bills of New Orleans customers

11/27/2019

Entergy Tower on Loyola Avenue in New Orleans

Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Mississippi is enormous. With the largest nuclear reactor in the US, it has an output capacity of 1,443 megawatts, 11 times more than the company’s controversial gas plant project in eastern New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans — the Entergy subsidiary that serves the city of New Orleans — has had an agreement to purchase 17 percent of the plant’s energy since it started operating in 1985.

by MICHAEL ISAAC STEIN
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Article Originally published by The Lens

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City Council Delivers Both Serious Wins and One Major Concern to Ratepayers

11/14/2019

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Last week the New Orleans City Council delivered a win to New Orleanians when they voted to approve a resolution finalizing a 15 month rate case. And while the majority of the decisions on this rate case are a win, concerns remain about significantly extending the lives of fossil fueled generation, which could cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Wind and solar kill coal and nuclear on costs, says latest Lazard report

11/8/2019

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The cost of wind and solar continue to decline and are now at the point where they beat, or at least match, even the marginal costs of coal-fired generation and nuclear power, according to the 13th and latest edition of Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis, one of the most highly regarded assessments in the world.

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Renewable Energy Is Now The Cheapest Option - Even Without Subsidies By James Ellsmoor, Forbes

11/8/2019

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Throwback Thursday- Entergy Holds New Orleans for Ransom

11/7/2019

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Published by Special to Corp Watch | By Rita J. King | Wednesday, May 10, 2006

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Bribery, Fraud & Tax Evasion, Human Rights, Money & Politics, War & Disaster Profiteering

Some New Orleanians desperately want, and fear, their utility bills.

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Persistent outages plaguing Grand Gulf nuclear plant are adding millions to the bills of New Orleans customers

City Council Delivers Both Serious Wins and One Major Concern to Ratepayers

Wind and solar kill coal and nuclear on costs, says latest Lazard report

Renewable Energy Is Now The Cheapest Option - Even Without Subsidies By James Ellsmoor, Forbes

Throwback Thursday- Entergy Holds New Orleans for Ransom

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