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re: Should North LA pay for coastal hurricane power grid repair? Foster Campbell says "NO"
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:02 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:02 am to ragincajun03
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looks like more power is generated in south Louisiana, then north Louisiana......
if they want power they need it from the south
looks like more power is generated in south Louisiana, then north Louisiana......
if they want power they need it from the south
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Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:03 am to LSUnation78
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Mississippi, Arkansas.
Maybe some but why are there always South La people flocking up to hunt every year.
North La would be fine on its own with ag, timber, gas, and better leadership. We've all known this for years.Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:05 am to ragincajun03
I would love to give up North Louisiana to Texas and Arkansas.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:06 am to LSU Coyote
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I would love to give up North Louisiana to Texas and Arkansas.
We would love for you to do that. I promise you NOTHING would get worse.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:07 am to transcend
quote:Yes, way more than half of the state's GDP comes from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette alone. That's not counting the Lake Charles or coastal areas.
Doesn't most of the state's revenue come from the southern part of the state and that revenue supply a great deal of funding for their part of the state?
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:09 am to ragincajun03
Money should be dolled out per capita and according to revenue generation is how I'm reading this
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:10 am to LSU Coyote
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would love to give up North Louisiana to Texas and Arkansas.
We'll take it. Will even waive the inspections.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:10 am to Limitlesstigers
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Yes, way more than half of the state's GDP comes from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette alone. That's not counting the Lake Charles or coastal areas.
Before or after corporate headquarters fled La politics in NorthLa for Texas or Atlanta?
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:10 am to LT
so, tax the frick out of seafood delivered above this imaginary line?
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:12 am to LSU Coyote
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I would love to give up North Louisiana to Texas and Arkansas.
North Louisiana accepts this offer!
We would have also accepted Mississippi.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:12 am to ragincajun03
So power companies don't have insurance to cover some of the expenses to build the grid, get back online? Or are we here in the rest of Louisiana their insurance? Mother nature, act of god.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:14 am to OGtigerfan87
My man you are clueless
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:15 am to MorbidTheClown
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so, tax the frick out of seafood delivered above this imaginary line?
Not possible while we are one state. FWIW, I've seen crawfish just as big and good, if not larger, come out of ponds off the i49 corridor north of Alex fwiw.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:16 am to VernonPLSUfan
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So power companies don't have insurance to cover some of the expenses to build the grid, get back online? Or are we here in the rest of Louisiana their insurance? Mother nature, act of god.
Entergy spent $4.5 billion the last two years for catastrophic storms that primarily affected South Louisiana.
No for-profit insurer would take on that much risk considering the majority of the infrastructure is in a prime hurricane zone, and the PSC probably wouldn't approve the raise increase it would take to afford the premiums if they did.
All costs are securitized and socialized across the state.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:19 am to ragincajun03
The larger issue here is that we are on the hook from entergy to pay $ 1800 .
entergy does very little to maintain their infrastructure .
When Gustav drug its ugly butt through Baton Rouge we lost electricity for 2 weeks here in Broadmoor . I went through the neighborhood to check on the restoration of power during that time and I discovered that most of our problem stemmed from the fact that entergy's power poles were dry rotted to the point where a limb fell on the power line it would snap the pole off mid way up.
entergy was too tight assed to replace its rotted out power poles.
On a lighter note I was not aware that electric service went north of Elick.
entergy does very little to maintain their infrastructure .
When Gustav drug its ugly butt through Baton Rouge we lost electricity for 2 weeks here in Broadmoor . I went through the neighborhood to check on the restoration of power during that time and I discovered that most of our problem stemmed from the fact that entergy's power poles were dry rotted to the point where a limb fell on the power line it would snap the pole off mid way up.
entergy was too tight assed to replace its rotted out power poles.
On a lighter note I was not aware that electric service went north of Elick.
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:21 am to Motorboat
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Then secede. North LA offers very little to anyone.
Where do we sign?
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:21 am to ragincajun03
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Entergy's northern Louisiana grid did suffer significant damage from Hurricane Laura and the historic winter storm
Asking because I don't know, but did the rest of the Entergy customers have to pay towards those damages? Or, did Entergy use proceeds that were generated from all of their companies, which would have been funded by all Entergy customers, to rebuild/repair the infrastructure damaged from Laura and the ice storms?
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:25 am to SantaFe
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entergy does very little to maintain their infrastructure .
And this is the bigger issue here. They do not replace a lot of their assets until something happens. Maybe its a strategy because it's easier to pass rate hikes when they need to recover from a storm; as opposed to building a reserve for replacement budget. You see the same with the emergency personnel (especially fire) constantly asking for temporary tax increase to get new vehicles. This is something that should be built into the annual budget, and Entergy should have a team that their sole job is to replace poles every xx years
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:29 am to transcend
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Doesn't most of the state's revenue come from the southern part of the state and that revenue supply a great deal of funding for their part of the state?
Didn’t Monroe get funding for a bridge/highway with the BP oil spill money?
Posted on 2/23/22 at 10:30 am to Weekend Warrior79
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Entergy should have a team that their sole job is to replace poles every xx years
Entergy does have a pole program, but there are millions of poles that, on average, cost around $5k to change (that's very conservative with modern labor rates).
So if you're willing absorb multiple billions of dollars figured into your utility bill, they can change them at a quicker rate.
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