re: Higher Entergy bills coming because of Meta Center?

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Meta is paying for most (if not all) of the construction costs for the three power plants needed to run the data center. Allegedly.

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Kind of.

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In publicly filed documents, Entergy says that the tech giant will cover the costs of the three power plants for 15 years.

But the oil and gas companies and the advocacy groups are concerned with Meta's 15-year contract with Entergy, a deal that is hidden from public view, citing proprietary information. They've noted that the gas plants can last between 30 and 45 years, far longer than Meta's commitment to pay.

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Other new costs linked to the data center — including fuel for the plants and a $550 million transmission line — will not be covered by Meta, and are therefore shared by all of Entergy Louisiana's customer

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. NOLA.com

Entergy is the worst for consumers. The amount of employees without a purpose toward the core business of providing power to the consumer is outrageous. They fill the workforce with bloat then asses a “profit” on top and pass along to users with little to no accountability. They could use a doge style assessment and regulators who actually represent the public not their own corruption.

I was confused reading that NOLA.com article. Are they covering the operating costs or the construction costs for 15 years? Or both?

Im concerned about power quality issues that these data centers can cause, the hundreds of thousands of AI processors can pull highly variable load as they operate leading to oscillatory behavior, this could create havoc on other loads connected to the system

You don’t ask the question and then steal the joke. Lame.

I can reduce your power bill by 70% with nothing but a hacksaw, a copper pipe, a hammer and insulated pliers.

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Anyone hearing this?

For those in the know, how much higher can we expect our bill to be?

An extra $3.50? 350% increase?

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If you think that's bad, just wait till you find out what its gonna do to water.

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Meta is paying for most (if not all) of the construction costs for the three power plants needed to run the data center. Allegedly.

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Nope.

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From where?

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From the same place you get water from.

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Faster than Entergy wants to deploy is probably more correct.

It’s across the industry right now. Gas turbines are years out, solar is in customs hell, wind turbines are backordered. And it’s really hard to get project capital with the latest round of Ira/obbb shite.

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Its more than just this.

MISO has a 5-7 year queue of generation interconnection studies to do. Thats before its approved and/or material is ordered, which have very long lead times. This is why they (MISO) took the expedited queue to FERC for approval. They will expedite 68 projects before 2027 (yes, Entergy pushed for this because of the long new connections they need for META).

MISO also requires utilities to purchase 50% of their needed capacity years ahead. However, the LPSC decided they wanted Louisiana utilities to have 100% purchased and they must point to a generator resource. This puts a large strain on purchasing capacity long term. No resource will do long term deals and thus capacity charges will go up annually.

Utilities pay for capacity (the surety that generation is available for their needs), energy ( what you actually use, KWH), supplier product charges (for your supplier to find energy by the hour for your needs), and MISO transmission charges (for MISO to be able to do their job). The capacity market is a mess right now.

The state legislature has just made it impossible for generation companies to build solar. The restrictions coming on Jan 1, 2026 are so imposing, that they will not invest in solar in Louisiana. While not the most efficient, it is quickest to the market. You will see a large increase in storage projects coming for peak shaving purposes. MISO accredits battery storage at 95% capacity and its cheap, the capacity, not the batteries.

Sure, the data centers are paying for most of the builds that they require, but the long term maintenance, upgrades, infrastructure upgrades, and variable gas prices will indeed bring costs up for regular customers.