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

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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