The city’s utility consultants essentially acted as judge and jury, they say.
Entergy New Orleans says the plant in eastern New Orleans will guard against an unlikely but catastrophic transmission failure.
Entergy says a new plant can handle periods of unusually high demand, and it will protect against a catastrophic situation in which the city can't get power. Energy experts and opponents say the company's argument doesn't hold up, and it has an incentive to build new facilities rather than improve transmission reliability.
Without a new power plant, Entergy New Orleans says "New Orleans is at risk of cascading electrical outages or blackouts." Critics say the vast majority of outages in the city are related to power lines, and a new power plant won't solve the problem. They say it would cost less to fix the power lines.
Oil and gas companies hold several thousand acres of oyster leases off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. The industry says they’re guarding against frivolous damage claims. Oystermen say they’re trying to avoid accountability.
Members of the Louisiana Oystermen Association said the state should reject it because of the company’s history of problems.
Angola rodeo's crafts fair points up an absurdity in Louisiana's penal system.