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re: Entergy Louisiana customers could see a 15-year, $5 a month Screw Job
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:01 pm to Drunken Crawfish
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:01 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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Also people need to quit comparing their bill month over month. Of course it’s going to be higher in August and September than it will be in April and May.
Most customers pay more for their internet and cell phone bill than they do for the electricity that powers their entire lifestyle and still think it's the light bill that's too high.
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Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:03 pm to LaBR4
How else do you think they pay for shite?
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:06 pm to boosiebadazz
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PSC should mandate they start putting it all underground
The class-action suit is demanding just that.
Nola.com Class Action law suit against Entergy for shitty infrastructure and no improvements since Katrina
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:07 pm to mikelbr
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The class-action suit is demanding just that.
Nola.com Class Action law suit against Entergy for shitty infrastructure and no improvements since Katrina
That is stupid. That's like filing a class action suit demanding thta you get premium cable for $9.99 a month. Or demanding McDonald's serve you a 22 oz ribeye for $0.99
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:08 pm to mikelbr
That's thing, it's not just about $5 a month or whatever bullshite, it's for every major storm, this BS, the Katrina charge just ended. It's just the principal of the matter.
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:08 pm to mikelbr
The suit should be against he LPSC since they approve and allow every single cent that Entergy charges.
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:10 pm to LaBR4
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It's just the principal of the matter.
Here's the principle in a nutshell. My truck note is $600 a month a d all I do is drive back and forth to work in it.
My light bill, which cools and heats my house, keeps my food cold and cooks it with the oven, washes and dries my clothes. Charges my phone, and runs my entertainment costs $200 a month.
People are having to invent stuff to bitch about.
This post was edited on 9/20/21 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:11 pm to Cosmo
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It costs 3-4 times more and cant be done in all terrain
Dude we got fiber running on the ocean floor all over the globe. Don't be telling me we can't bury a few hundred miles of power lines 20 feet deep in Louisiana mud.
Entergy has ZERO incentive to do this. That's the difference between the internet and a power company.
This post was edited on 9/20/21 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:12 pm to mikelbr
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Dude we got fiber running on the ocean floor all over the globe. Don't be telling me we can't bury a few hundred miles of power lines 20 feet deep in Louisiana mud.
You can't do it and still have a light bill less than $1000 a month. The math isn't there.
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:12 pm to boosiebadazz
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Depends on how many magnitudes more expensive it is than these periodic fixes.
I could see water table issues in New Orleans too
The reality is at some point it will have been cheaper to go underground than rebuild above ground but the reality is most electricity customers really can't afford the extra monthly charges. If everyone was an OT baller that had an eye on the long-term costs we could pay upfront but it is simply not feasible. People are bitching about a $5 upcharge a month...
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:13 pm to Dawgwithnoname
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You can't do it and still have a light bill less than $1000 a month. The math isn't there.
You can if you have competition. I added a comment about the internet.
Entergy has ZERO incentive to improve shite b/c there is no competition for power provider
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:13 pm to Obtuse1
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People are bitching about a $5 upcharge a month...
This is why going underground is laughable. $5 a month won't even put the line that serves your house underground, much less an entire grid.
This post was edited on 9/20/21 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:14 pm to Obtuse1
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The reality is at some point it will have been cheaper to go underground than rebuild above ground but the reality is most electricity customers really can't afford the extra monthly charges. If everyone was an OT baller that had an eye on the long-term costs we could pay upfront but it is simply not feasible. People are bitching about a $5 upcharge a month...
The reality is Entergy has had decades to study and begin undergrounding. Now it's like "whoops! well it's too late and expensive to do it now!"
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:14 pm to mikelbr
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Entergy has ZERO incentive to improve shite b/c there is no competition for power provider
They also have zero incentive to make that investment because their ROI is capped. If they could make a real profit from it it would have already been done.
This post was edited on 9/20/21 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:15 pm to mikelbr
Doing it to old infrastructure is one thing. You can’t doing it to 500KV lines though. You have limitations. You have high costs. And when a big wind storm comes through, you have an issue with materials. There aren’t 2,000 transformers and 14,000 miles of lines just laying around a warehouse somewhere.
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:15 pm to LaBR4
Sooooo
Push for policies to enable 1:1 net metering so solar energy can be a possibility in Louisiana. Historically utilities go up 2-3% annually. Entergy has put in multiple requests for rate increases to customers for years but it’s normally denied by the PSC unless something like this happens where they can “justify” it.
Push for policies to enable 1:1 net metering so solar energy can be a possibility in Louisiana. Historically utilities go up 2-3% annually. Entergy has put in multiple requests for rate increases to customers for years but it’s normally denied by the PSC unless something like this happens where they can “justify” it.
This post was edited on 9/20/21 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:15 pm to mikelbr
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reality is Entergy has had decades to study and begin undergrounding. Now it's like "whoops! well it's too late and expensive to do it now!"
Or it’s never made sense financially…
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:16 pm to mikelbr
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Entergy has ZERO incentive to improve shite b/c there is no competition for power provider
Not true. You could buy a generator and provide your own power. Then the infrastructure would be however you wanted it to be.
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:16 pm to mikelbr
Most new construction goes underground. Things that are 25+ years old are up in the air. Getting them in the earth isn’t cheap or easy.
Posted on 9/20/21 at 9:16 pm to mikelbr
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Dude we got fiber running on the ocean floor all over the globe. Don't be telling me we can't bury a few hundred miles of power lines 20 feet deep in Louisiana mud.
Idk where this “if possible” thing came from. I’ve seen a 340kV line run through a lake.
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