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S3E9: Examining Enerty‘s failure in New Orleans post-Hurricane Ida

S3E9: Examining Enerty‘s failure in New Orleans post-Hurricane Ida

Update: 2021-09-03
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Examining Enerty's failure in New Orleans post-Hurricane Ida

As millions of homes and businesses were left without power due to Hurricane Ida, we found that Enerty, New Orleans' only utility, has had decades of reports and recommendations to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, and use renewable energy to strengthen the grid. Instead, they've fought climate-related recommendations and legislation as recently as 2020.


 


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https://gizmodo.com/utility-that-blacked-out-new-orleans-was-too-busy-fight-1847586645


https://www.all4energy.org/uploads/1/0/5/6/105637723/power_outages_in_nola__the_problem_implications_solutions_and_moving_forward.pdf


https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/hurricane-driven-blackouts-in-new-orleans-send-a-dire-warning-about-the-need-for-distributed-energy/


 

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S3E9: Examining Enerty‘s failure in New Orleans post-Hurricane Ida

S3E9: Examining Enerty‘s failure in New Orleans post-Hurricane Ida

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