Moreno initiates process to overhaul how the City Council regulates Entergy
Moreno seeks to boost in-house staff, reduce council reliance on outside contractors.
Category: Government & Politics
When is Cantrell going to stop cuddling with the pro-monument crowd?
Keep them here — and keep them off pedestals.
Political connections, contributions helped utility consultants keep lucrative contracts for decades, former council members say
New Orleans City Council members have come and gone over the past three decades. But a group of consultants who help them regulate Entergy, and charge millions per year, have remained remarkably consistent.
New report says New Orleans eviction rate is nearly double national average
In some majority black neighborhoods, one in four renter households had an eviction order, the report found.
BGR comes out against proposed city elderly services tax
The two-mill tax will generate about $6.6 million its first year, but the group says the city has not identified how that money will be spent. The proposal will be on the March 30 ballot in New Orleans.
Entergy fined $5 million, can move forward with new power plant
The vote on a settlement with company automatically cancels proposed resolutions to repeal the City Council's March 2018 power plant approval. Plant opponents criticized council members for taking contributions from the company.
City Council directed Entergy to pursue power plant in 2015, months before company’s application for Michoud site
In an ongoing lawsuit, plant opponents say a 2015 council resolution shows that the approval of a new plant may have been predetermined. But City Council utility advisers say opponents are misinterpreting the resolution.
Council committee takes no action on Entergy sanctions resolution, moving it to full council
Councilman Jay Banks was criticized at the meeting after it was revealed that he recently worked for one of the council's utility advisers, a fact that does not appear in Banks' financial disclosures.
City Council scraps planned power plant repeal vote
A resolution to repeal the City Council's approval of a $210 million Entergy power plant in eastern New Orleans will be withdrawn. A new resolution will impose a $5 million fine and require cost protections, maintenance requirements.
City councilwoman wants to shift tourism funding to public transportation
A nearly 20-year-old agreement, resulting from a lawsuit, means that the RTA shares about half of its hotel taxes with tourism interests. Councilwoman Kristin Palmer wants all that money going to public transit.
