re: Will anything change with entergy?

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Yes. Prices going up.

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Being Louisiana I know it will never happen, but this should be a clarion call for energy deregulation in Louisiana. Giving New Orleanians a choice of say Cleco or REA would crush NOPSI/ENTERGY. But they're protected by Crooks in BR/City Hall, so it's never going to happen.

My biggest problem with them isn’t being out of power, its having the app and website be inaccurate. For the ice storm and this, my house saya power is on when it definitely is not

So a couple things bother me about power in Louisiana. It’s known that we get hurricanes and tropical storms frequently. I know it costs significantly more money to put the lines in the ground but if we have to continuously pay some storm offset fee why the hell can’t they at least start putting some of the most important lines in the ground on a priority basis throughout the years?

Second, power is a monopoly. Monopolies exist because it is supposed to be cheaper and more efficient. Otherwise, competition would make it cheaper and more efficient. I’m scared to say it but this may be the one area where government could be more effective and efficient. You may think I’m crazy but the Public Service Commission guarantees these electrical companies a certain amount of profits. With government running it, there are no profits. Any and all excess profits after maintains the system would go towards improving the system (lines in the damn ground).

Finally, I know it takes time after a storm to assess the damage. I personally am satisfied because I have power and it was restored quickly. Half of my family is in my boat and the other half isn’t. There are preventive measures and basic plans you can make to get the ball rolling. Why gas stations are not higher on the priority list is beyond me. It adds to the anxiety and stress when people have to wait hours for gas because so few stations are open and have gas.

Elect me PSC in 20202z

They keep telling us power is on, showing another 1600 folks on line. No power still. Executing restore almost as well as Biden in Afghanistan.

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In their defense, how do you operate a utility in a zero sum game of New Orleans

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I don’t think it’s any more of a zero sum game than elsewhere. The utility shareholders are basically guaranteed to get a return on their equity and investments.

I do want to here why the New Orleans east plant wasn’t online ahead of this storm. This situation really does seem like the exact reason it was built (other than hedging against the cost of purchasing power from other generators)

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I know it costs significantly more money to put the lines in the ground but if we have to continuously pay some storm offset fee why the hell can’t they at least start putting some of the most important lines in the ground

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If you’re talking about major transmission lines operating at hundreds of thousands volts then that’s a big NO. That would be prohibitively expensive. That’s not even a possibility.

There's a reason why all the entergy companies are states, including the rest of LA, but yet there is this entergy new orleans that is separated from the rest of entergy Louisiana. That tells you everything you need to know about how companies feel about operating in nola, probably has to do with separating Nola's crazy city hall demands from the rest of entergy.

Entergy : Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi........New orleans?

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I know it costs significantly more money to put the lines in the ground

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It’s about $30M per mile in an urban environment. Put a premium on that for the river crossing vault to vault.