The Louisiana Public Services Commission approved a $1.9 billion grid-hardening plan advanced by Entergy Louisiana amid concerns the proposal was brought up too hastily and that ratepayers will face burdensome electricity rate hikes.
Newcomer Davante Lewis, a Democrat backed by an environmental political action committee, easily won Saturday’s runoff for a seat on Louisiana’s Public Service Commission an obscure regulatory body that has received national attention from media, celebrities, climate change activists and major public utility companies.