+4 State Politics Jeff Landry signs executive order on protecting ratepayers, but defends h data centers BY ANDREA GALLO AND SAM KARLIN | Staff writers Jun 25, 2026 Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order Thursday while flanked by h utility company executives saying that data center projects must have their benefits to citizens “evaluated and balanced” against their use of electric generation, water and land.
+2 News Gov. Jeff Landry plans executive order amid concerns over Entergy proposal for power plant BY SAM KARLIN | Staff writer Updated Jun 24, 2026 Gov. Jeff Landry is planning to issue an executive order Thursday on data centers emerging in the state and their impact on consumer electric bills, amid new concerns about an Entergy proposal to spend $1.8 billion buying a new power plant.
+5 News Entergy wants to charge customers $8 a month to buy a gas plant. Should Meta pay instead? BY SAM KARLIN | Staff writer Jun 18, 2026 Entergy Louisian’s plans to buy a gas-fired power plant for $1.8 billion are drawing concerns from a consultant for the state’s Public Service Commission, who recently warned in a report that the plant is unreliable and needed mostly because of Meta’s massive north h data center.
+4 News Here’s why hns will pay higher utility bills in the coming months BY SAM KARLIN | Staff writer Updated Feb 4, 2026 The blast of winter weather that brought ice and freezing temperatures to h will likely cause prolonged spikes in utility bills, a result of the state’s dominant gas and electric supplier facing soaring prices in recent weeks for natural gas.
NO.powercomplex.121725_6986.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Dec 16, 2025 New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell, right center, along with other city and state officials, cut a ribbon for the new Entergy substation and tu…
NO.powercomplex.121725_6987.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Dec 16, 2025 A part of the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans water treatment plant on Jefferson Highway on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. (Photo by Ch…
NO.powercomplex.121725_6991.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Dec 16, 2025 City and state officials gather next to the new Entergy substation located on the grounds at the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans fac…
NO.powercomplex.121725_6993.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Dec 16, 2025 Randy Hayman, the head of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, outside the new power station at the SW&B facility on Jefferson Hig…
NO.powercomplex.121725_6995.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Dec 16, 2025 The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans water treatment plant on Jefferson Highway on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. (Photo by Chris Grange…
NO.powercomplex.121725_6999.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Dec 16, 2025 The new Turbine 7 at the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans on Jefferson Highway on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. It's part of a much-nee…