These companies doing business in Louisiana want to disconnect from pricey utilities

These companies doing business in Louisiana want to disconnect from pricey utilities

Crews repair damaged insulators on power lines over Billy Goat Bay in Terrebonne Parish following Hurricane Francine in September 2024. Entergy Louisiana has proposed charging customers about $1 per month to help pay for repairs from the storm. Customers are already paying about $20 per month to pay for damage from previous hurricanes. (Entergy Louisiana)“Horrifying.” That’s what one consumer advocate calls a projected 90% increase in electricit…

US electricity prices are surging. These companies want out.

“Horrifying.” That’s what one consumer advocate calls a projected 90% increase in electricity prices for customers of electric utility, Entergy Louisiana, between 2018 and 2030.Similar spikes in the cost of electricity are happening across the United States driven by the need to run data centers and power-hungry industries, replace old power plants and repair damaged infrastructure from more frequent storms, floods and fires supercharged by clim…