Suit Alleges LPSC Illegally Adopted Rule to Allow Data Centers to Skip Regulatory Steps

Lawsuit challenges Landry-backed ‘lightning’ speed approval for data center power projects

From left, Louisiana Public Service Commissioners Foster Campbell, Mike Francis, Jean-Paul Coussan and Eric Skrmetta during a Feb. 19 PSC meeting. (Photo credit: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)A group of Louisiana landowners and community advocates are suing the Louisiana Public Service Commission over its procedure to fast-track large utility projects in the name of economic development. It comes as regulators are poised to give expedited app…

Suit alleges LPSC illegally adopted rule to allow data centers to skip regulatory steps

Three Louisiana non-profits have filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Public Service Commission over a procedural rule, alleging it will be used to help build two data centers in Louisiana.

Legal challenge threatens Louisiana's data center fast track

Three Louisiana nonprofit organizations have sued the state Public Service Commission, alleging regulators violated the Louisiana Constitution when they adopted the “Lightning Initiative,” a fast-track approval process designed to accelerate construction of electricity infrastructure for large data centers, The Center Square reports.  Adopted in December 2025 on a 4-1 vote, with support from Gov. Jeff […]

Consumer advocates sue regulators over fast-track Louisiana data center approvals - American Press

By Nolan Mckendry | The Center Square Three Louisiana nonprofit organizations sued the state’s Public Service Commission on Monday, alleging regulators violated the Louisiana Constitution when they adopted a rule allowing […]

Groups file suit against Public Service Commission over expedited approval process used for data center projects

The Louisiana Public Service Commission at a meeting in Baton Rouge on Sept. 16, 2026. From left to right: Foster Campbell, Davante Lewis, Eric Skrmetta, Jean-Paul Coussan and Mike Francis.

Three groups sue regulators over fast-track for data center power in Louisiana

A group of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to undo a rule that fast-tracked approval for billions of dollars in electric infrastructure for Meta’s massive data center in north Louisiana, a move that could stymie Entergy’s plans for several new gas-fired power plants.The suit, filed in Baton Rouge district court, comes amid a wave of anti-Ai sentiment across the country.