City Council races must tackle issue of regulating Entergy

07.02.2021
Democracy & Elections
Utility Regulation
New Orleans City Council
Entergy New Orleans
Consumer Protection
Article by ​Monique Harden, Jesse George & Brent Newman, Originally Published on The Lens

Too often, candidates seeking the office of City Council do not talk about the extraordinary power of regulating Entergy, our city’s electric power utility. No other elected city government in the United States has the power of our City Council to regulate an investor-owned utility company.

According to data kept by the US Department of Energy, more than half of New Orleans residents pay a high energy cost burden that’s as much as 28 percent of monthly income.

In the upcoming year, councilmembers will choose whether to address a broad set of energy needs.​​ The next slate of elected council members will have to tackle critical issues on Entergy’s costs and services as well as opportunities for more residents to benefit from renewable energy and electrification.

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