On Friday, February 1st, AAE filed a letter to City Council outlining why New Orleanians are NOT on the hook for Entergy’s reckless spending. The letter outlines the legal authority the New Orleans City Council has as a regulator to protect New Orleans residents and businesses from Entergy’s wasteful spending.
If you haven’t heard, Entergy is demanding New Orleans fork up $96 million to pay for invoices Entergy accrued towards their gas plant. For more background, read the Time-Picayune article, Entergy power plant spending forces closer look at City Council revote, by Kevin Litten.
“City Councilwoman Helena Moreno issued a news release on Wednesday (Jan. 30) that referenced the $96 million figure, which Moreno said was compiled from invoices the company has submitted to the council’s utilities committee, which Moreno chairs. That prompted a response on Friday signed by seven opponents of the plant, who accused Entergy of “reckless” spending.
Signing the letter were Susan Stevens Miller, an attorney at Earthjustice who represents the Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Sierra Club; Logan Atkinson Burke of The Alliance; Beverly Wright, the executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice; Minh Nguyen, executive director of VAYLA New Orleans; environmental activist Renate Heurich; community activist Happy Johnson; and the Rev. Gregory Manning and Sylvia McKenzie, who are moderators with the organization Justice and Beyond.”
