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GOING GREEN: More than
450 additional New Orleans homeowners and businesses took the opportunity to lower their energy costs through rooftop solar and energy efficiency.
SOLAR SAVINGS: Customers enjoyed more than $2.4 million in annual savings, an
average savings of $532 per customer, due to rooftop solar and energy efficiency.
JOB CREATION: Louisiana now has more than 3,300 solar jobs, with nearly
1300 solar jobs in the Metro New Orleans area alone! Since 2015, the solar industry nationwide has grown over 200%.
The Solar for All NOLA 2021 initiative is being led by Forward Together New Orleans, a local nonprofit dedicated to making New Orleans a fairer, more inclusive place by forging partnerships between community organizations and the business and philanthropic sectors. Forward Together New Orleans is working with two respected local solar businesses, PosiGen Solar and Solar Alternatives, to provide free solar evaluations to all homeowners and small business owne
The Office of Utilities and Regulations is moving forward with a plan, to do a total review of the Guaranteed Standards that are currently in place for the Jamaica Public Service, and National Water Commission companies.
According to Collette Goode, the Guaranteed standards for both companies have been in place for over 15 years, and are at the point where they need dire review.
Guaranteed Standard reviews are somewhat of a commonplace for the OUR, as it helps them to decide on new rates that might be more feasible to customers, and the current one set for JPS and the NWC will deal with certain important factors, that will play a big part in the future of the companies in Jamaica.