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re: Entergy Louisiana customers could see a 15-year, $5 a month Screw Job
Posted on 9/21/21 at 9:56 am to RodFarva
Posted on 9/21/21 at 9:56 am to RodFarva
quote:You're paying for it one way or another. If they paid for hurricane restoration out of profits, your monthly bill would be the same price and just not have the hurricane adder as an itemized line.
With the money they make every month from every customer...........
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Posted on 9/21/21 at 9:58 am to boosiebadazz
Underground actually cost more to repair and maintain.
We should deregulate electricity prices and let the companies compete to generate power and then let the generating companies negotiate with the transmission companies to deliver the power.
The PSC is corrupt and their methods of determining "fair" rates are really just stupid.
We should deregulate electricity prices and let the companies compete to generate power and then let the generating companies negotiate with the transmission companies to deliver the power.
The PSC is corrupt and their methods of determining "fair" rates are really just stupid.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 9:59 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
try a non-profit entity.
There is no such thing. "Non profits" spend the profits on something. Lots of times it is on bloated staff and high salaries for the head knockers.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 9:59 am to I B Freeman
Yup, regulated utilities are an antiquated construct.
This post was edited on 9/21/21 at 10:00 am
Posted on 9/21/21 at 10:09 am to Louie T
Yeah, the smart asses of the board just see exposed conductors that could be buried underground without knowing a lick of the complexities, costs, regulations, and engineering involved
Posted on 9/21/21 at 10:11 am to DVinBR
i'd rather buy a generator to power necessities for a week or two rather than having a $500+/mo electric bill
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:20 am to DaTruth7
quote:
And you get power genius.
The issue is that they make over $500 million a year in guaranteed profits and don't save some of that away for planned upgrades. They leave antiquated stuff in place for years and then a storm easily wipes it out and we are on the hook for not only replacing it but for upgrading it. Meanwhile the profits still roll.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:27 am to Dawgwithnoname
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You wouldn't be nickled and dimed. Youd be $5'd because you can't just bury lines and walk away from them. They deteriorate and fail and take lots of time and money to repair.
Some of you need to be real careful what you ask for, because if you ever get it, you'd have to alter your lifestyle to pay for it.
So you and the others that are status quo types buy Nissan Versa's or Ford Fiesta's and drive them until they crap out, throw them away, and then outlay a small amount of money to replace them every few years, because that is exactly what Entergy is doing with it's infrastructure but you seem to be OK with that. Amazing. Let alone believe that the LPSC is a pristine office that represents its constituents well.
Have you ever heard of the expression of "throwing good money after bad?"
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:30 am to TDcline
quote:
Sooooo not capitalism? I thought the market dictates. Sounds like a bailout for Entergy failing to consider that they service a hurricane zone.
Bunch of armchair brain surgeons in here
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:30 am to I B Freeman
quote:There are only two power generation companies in LA. Cleco and Entergy. There are only two transmission companies. Cleco and Entergy. Everything else is distribution.
We should deregulate electricity prices and let the companies compete to generate power and then let the generating companies negotiate with the transmission companies to deliver the power.
This post was edited on 9/21/21 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:31 am to HeyCap
Entergy would love to spend the capital. You're only one customer in a large, poor area. They can't just go upgrade equipment without an explicit go ahead from the regulators.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:36 am to boosiebadazz
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PSC should mandate they start putting it all underground
It seemed the neighborhoods with underground utilities were some of the first to recover after the hurricane, once the feeder lines were repaired.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:40 am to LaBR4
Posted on 9/21/21 at 1:38 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
quote:
It seemed the neighborhoods with underground utilities were some of the first to recover after the hurricane, once the feeder lines were repaired.
We lost power around 1:30 am Monday after the worst had passed through our area. We had power back at 5:30 pm that day. Underground utilities.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 1:48 pm to jimbeam
That "bubble gum and duct tape" lawsuit will be laughed out of any court room in America once facts and dollar figures are presented.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 1:59 pm to boosiebadazz
quote:
mandate they start putting it all underground
You don't know dick about transmission and distribution of electricity and it shows.
I hate what they're doing with the surcharge, but man are you really gonna hate what they do when they have to revamp the entire system and pay for a whole states worth of trenching and directional bore work.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 2:34 pm to DixonCider
quote:
hate what they're doing with the surcharge
It's $5 per meter to recoup $2.1 BILLION dollars.
I'm surprised it isn't much higher.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 2:36 pm to ell_13
quote:. That is the issue. I like what Texas does a lot better. They will not have that ice storm fiasco again because generators will demand standards be enforced on their competitors to have access to markets.
There are only two power generation companies in LA. Cleco and Entergy. There are only two transmission companies. Cleco and Entergy. Everything else is distribution.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 2:53 pm to I B Freeman
quote:
We should deregulate electricity prices and let the companies compete to generate power and then let the generating companies negotiate with the transmission companies to deliver the power.
How did that work out for Texas?
In the end, LA has one if not the lowest rate for electricity in the country but people still bitch.
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