'The next Sewerage & Water Board': New Orleans City Council grills Entergy over power outages, renewable energy goals

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Members of the New Orleans City Council demanded answers from Entergy New Orleans? top brass over the utility?s failure to meet self-imposed renewable energy goals and its handling of recurring power outages throughout its damaged distribution system.

Entergy faced the City Council?s Utilities, Cable, Telecommunications and Technology Committee on June 28, asking the utility for a full accounting of its priorities and whether it can meet its renewable energy goals two years after it opened its request for proposals (RFPs) to begin generating up to 100 megawatts of power.

After visibly frustrated committee members didn?t receive a satisfying answer after asking Entergy for its top five priorities and projects, council advisers said it?s ?more than fair to say? renewables have not been among Entergy's priorities.

?It doesn?t sound like you even want to do this,? Council Vice President Helena Moreno told Entergy officials.
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