Tag: New Orleans City Council
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.
The case for a Resilient and Renewable Portfolio Standard
"It’s standard operating procedure in politics these days to deride bold policy reform as “pie-in-the-sky,” or a “pipe-dream.” This requires a willful ignorance of the fact that visionary policy, driven and shaped by grassroot movements, has always been the engine that moves our democracy forward."
City Council chamber finally gets Wi-Fi network
What's with City Hall's ongoing campaign to kill District Councils?
The New Orleans City Council will soon vote on the future of citizen participation in our city. It’s an ideal mandated by both a post-Katrina amendment to the City Charter and the city’s long-overdue master plan. But despite overwhelming popular support, it appears to be in grave peril.
Making 'Complete Streets' a policy makes complete sense
Council cuts meeting short and flocks to Hannan's funeral; next time pack a sandwich!
Demolition of St. Charles Avenue landmark denied — for now; Council appeal likely
