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Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:14 am to 1ranter1
Ughhhh... sarcasm? When is the last time you were down there? You do realize back in 2015 the company invested over $100M in new transmission lines to service that area?
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:14 am to DomincDecoco
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This post was edited on 1/7/20 at 8:37 am
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:16 am to BlackCoffeeKid
Also the low cost of Natural Gas doesn’t make it financially feasible to build new Nuclear. More cost effective when you can build multiple Gas fired plants for the price of a Nuclear facility.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:18 am to Lion4Life
Yep.
More of a problem in the northeast than it is down south though I believe. Pretty sure it was a big part as to why Entetgy's Pilgrim plant closed down recently.
More of a problem in the northeast than it is down south though I believe. Pretty sure it was a big part as to why Entetgy's Pilgrim plant closed down recently.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:19 am to Tarps99
Gives me great service
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:20 am to BlackCoffeeKid
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I believe Entergy is committed to nuclear power
Entergy has or is scheduled to close 45% of its nuclear fleet in the next few years
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:20 am to Tarps99
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With all of the recent storms
You think there has been more storms lately?
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:24 am to 1ranter1
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Yeah I can’t believe Entergy is hesitant spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to improve the services to huge population centers like Fourchon and Grand Isle.
That's literally the reason they're granted a monopoly.
I worked for another investor-owned utility for several years, in more than one department, and I don't remember anyone having a high opinion of Entergy from a reliability or engineering standpoint.
As an investment, though, they've had quite a run. They definitely know how to consolidate acquisitions, cut costs, etc.
Having "good ol' boys" on the PSC helps with that a lot.
And it doesn't help keep the lights on.
This post was edited on 7/16/19 at 10:25 am
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:25 am to USMEagles
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That's literally the reason they're granted a monopoly. I worked for another investor-owned utility for several years, in more than one department, and I don't remember anyone having a high opinion of Entergy from a reliability or engineering standpoint. As an investment, though, they've had quite a run. They definitely know how to consolidate acquisitions, cut costs, etc. Having "good ol' boys" on the PSC helps with that a lot. And it doesn't keep the lights on.
he gets it
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:25 am to BlackCoffeeKid
Entergy is very committed to nuclear. They have a plant closing soon in New York but that’s political and has nothing to do with the stance of the company.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:25 am to Tarps99
How bout we quit populating areas below sea level and complaining there are outages in those areas
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:27 am to DomincDecoco
quote:False. Only Pilgrim in Mass has closed. . Riverbend, Waterford, ANO (two units), Palisades, Grand Gulf... all running and will continue to do so. Indian Point is scheduled to close soon.
Entergy has or is scheduled to close 45% of its nuclear fleet in the next few years
This post was edited on 7/16/19 at 10:33 am
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:32 am to ell_13
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False. Only Pilgrim in New York is scheduled to close. Riverbend, Waterford, ANO (two units), Indian Point, Palisades... all running and will continue to do so.
Palisades and the two Indian Points are scheduled for early shutdown.
Pilgrim is already shutdown, and in ongoing decommissioning.
That leaves them with RB, GG, WF3 and ANO 1&2. or, 5 out of 9
Make no mistake, the politics of the NE played a major part, but they hit the eject button...thats not committed to nuclear power, thats committed to dollars
This post was edited on 7/16/19 at 10:34 am
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:33 am to DomincDecoco
Yeah, I updated it.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:35 am to DomincDecoco
quote:They were forced to. Make no mistake about that. Policies were put in place that made it so they’d lose millions just to retain their license. They’re supposed to take that hit?
but they hit the eject button...thats not committed to nuclear power, thats committed to dollars
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:36 am to Tarps99
My only real gripe isn't at Entergy but at the industry as a whole for not pushing themselves to bury more lines (less exposed lines = fewer chances for outages).
A friend wanted to bury 100 feet of line on his property because tree limbs kept hitting it. Entergy wanted $1k to run it. Even if he bought and set up all the materials ahead of time it was still going to be $1k.
A friend wanted to bury 100 feet of line on his property because tree limbs kept hitting it. Entergy wanted $1k to run it. Even if he bought and set up all the materials ahead of time it was still going to be $1k.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:39 am to ell_13
There are utilities building new nuclear power plants. Entergy is not one of them.
I think it reflects badly on Louisiana that people still have nice things to say about Entergy after that Super Bowl blackout.
For that matter, I think it reflects badly on Louisiana that the economic backbone of the state is an industry that dumps crude oil all over the place and people seem OK with that. I'm not an Obama fan but he was 100% right to shut down the Gulf.
I think it reflects badly on Louisiana that people still have nice things to say about Entergy after that Super Bowl blackout.
For that matter, I think it reflects badly on Louisiana that the economic backbone of the state is an industry that dumps crude oil all over the place and people seem OK with that. I'm not an Obama fan but he was 100% right to shut down the Gulf.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:42 am to USMEagles
They’re struggling to build new ones. And it’s typical an added unit or two not an entirely new plant.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:50 am to USMEagles
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Louisiana that the economic backbone of the state is an industry that dumps crude oil all over the place and people seem OK with that.
what an idiotic statement
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