The request for the audit came after the utility unnecessarily cut power to thousands of customers during a freezing Mardi Gras night.
Lawyers for the city say the move doesn’t conflict with the Home Rule Charter.
Reliability problems at the plant have cost New Orleans ratepayers more than $70 million over the past several years, according to City Councilwoman Helena Moreno.
The company revealed this week that it shut off three times more power than it had to during the cold weather streak on Mardi Gras evening.
The City Council plans a vote on whether to open a formal investigation.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell and The French Quarter Management are pointing fingers at each other over who's to blame.
According to suit, the State Police falsely claimed it did not have records on facial recognition. Emails released by the city of New Orleans prove that wasn't true, the ACLU says.
The most severe restrictions will begin Friday, Feb. 12.
Dana Henry's appointment to the library board became controversial over his support of a 2020 ballot proposition that would have cut over a third of the library budget.
