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Jeff Landry signs executive order on protecting ratepayers, but defends h data centers
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.

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Gov. Jeff Landry plans executive order amid concerns over Entergy proposal for power plant
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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.

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Entergy wants to charge customers $8 a month to buy a gas plant. Should Meta pay instead?
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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.

Support for Entergy's $210M plant after actor debacle? It's strong, Entergy says, citing poll
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Support for Entergy's $210M plant after actor debacle? It's strong, Entergy says, citing poll

  • BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com
  • Feb 19, 2019

Nearly two-thirds of Entergy customers agree with the City Council’s approval last year of a $210 million power plant in New Orleans East, acc…

Clancy DuBos: Entergy snafu gives City Council leverage over proposed power plant
Clancy Dubos

Clancy DuBos: Entergy snafu gives City Council leverage over proposed power plant

  • BY CLANCY DuBOS
  • Feb 1, 2019

City Council committee to discuss an astroturfing fine against Entergy and the fate of a proposed power plant on Valentine's Day. 

Entergy: power plant 'grassroots support' actors were paid without company's 'knowledge or approval'_lowres
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Entergy: power plant 'grassroots support' actors were paid without company's 'knowledge or approval'_lowres

  • Updated Jul 7, 2021

A rendering of the proposed gas power plant in New Orleans East.

Entergy: power plant 'grassroots support' actors were paid without company's 'knowledge or approval'
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Entergy: power plant 'grassroots support' actors were paid without company's 'knowledge or approval'

  • 1272852 Alex Woodward
  • May 10, 2018

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Opponents of a new power plant in New Orleans East threaten lawsuit
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Opponents of a new power plant in New Orleans East threaten lawsuit

  • BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com
  • Mar 6, 2018

Critics of a plan to build a $210 million power plant in New Orleans East are threatening to file a lawsuit aimed at blocking City Council app…

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After heated debate, New Orleans City Council committee OKs new $210M power plant
News

After heated debate, New Orleans City Council committee OKs new $210M power plant

  • BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com
  • Feb 21, 2018

Nearly two years of debate over the future of electricity production and usage in New Orleans culminated Wednesday with the 4-1 vote by a City…

Council committee to vote Wednesday on proposed Entergy power plant in New Orleans East
News

Council committee to vote Wednesday on proposed Entergy power plant in New Orleans East

  • BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com
  • Feb 20, 2018

After nearly two years of debate, a New Orleans City Council committee is expected to vote Wednesday on a controversial plan to build a new po…

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