“The Louisiana Public Service Commission is handing Entergy and other utilities everything they want at a golf resort in Many, Louisiana where it’s hard for the media and the public to attend,” said Logan Burke, Executive Director of the Alliance for Affordable Energy.
Commissioner Francis, the chair of the Commission, announced the last-minute proposal through a supplemental agenda, less than 2 days before the Commission is set to vote on the matter at their monthly April meeting, which is open to the public.
The LPSC is made up of 5 elected members who are in charge of our utility system, the cost of our electricity bills, and oversight of utilities companies. This is the second time in two months that the Commission has considered eliminating the cost-saving energy efficiency rule and third-party administrator policy, which was adopted by the Commission last year. The continued back-and-forth on this issue raises serious concerns over the Commission’s trustworthiness and credibility with regard to contracts and other agreements. Why should any company trust the word of the Commission if its members are so willing to arbitrarily change course, undoing more than a year of negotiations and stakeholder input?
