Tag: Entergy New Orleans
New Orleans’ latest bid for a better grid: a citywide virtual power plant
The storm-prone city is making its local utility design a $28 million incentive program to get hundreds more backup batteries into homes and businesses.
When the power goes out, churches offer shelter through the Community Lighthouse network
New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer.
Why MISO’s 2026 grid analysis matters to Louisianans
The culprit in the May 2025 “loadshed event” in New Orleans was Louisiana’s under-developed electric grid. An upcoming grid analysis will identify grid weaknesses, its vulnerability to extreme weather – and solutions that will help us all plan for a more secure future.
Louisiana’s new bill would codify gas as “green energy”
A bill on its way to the Governor’s desk—with connections to gas industry allies—could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisiana’s future.
City Council committee allows Entergy New Orleans to sell its natural gas system
Though Councilmembers were swayed by job creation, critics said that the jobs pale in comparison to the rate increases and environmental effects that Orleans residents will now shoulder.
Nuns Harnessing the Sun
The Sisters of the Holy Family are constructing solar panels on the order’s New Orleans East motherhouse, to create the city’s 12th solar-driven Community Lighthouse – and, over on Dwyer Road, they’re installing solar panels to reduce their neighbors’ Entergy bills.
City Council committee approves moratorium on Entergy shutdowns until November
The resolution, which the company has agreed to, now goes to the full council for final approval.
City Council struggles to attract firms to help regulate Entergy New Orleans
The council is planning to rebid a contract to do a management audit into Entergy New Orleans, after the first bid received zero responses.
Entergy defends billing accuracy, but few details on whether bills are rising
The company also claims to have made major improvements since it accidentally cut power to thousands of customers during Mardi Gras 2021.
