The utility company touts the credit as if it’s being magnanimous. Don’t be fooled. Entergy improperly took money from customers, was sued over it, and got a sweetheart deal in the settlement.
Grand Gulf
Posted inArkansas Blog
$15K in donations to Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb come from industry her husband regulates
Not taking money from the industry your husband regulates is only admirable if you don’t change your mind as soon as no one is looking.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Heads we win, tails you lose: How Entergy customers pay for the company’s mistakes
Entergy may have lost in court last week, but between an earlier settlement and regulatory rules about legal fees, the decision isn’t actually much of a “win” for customers.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Why did Arkansas accept a deal with Entergy 15 months after rejecting the very same offer?
Regulators in Mississippi extracted more than twice the amount that Arkansas got in its settlement, despite the two states having similar claims.
Posted inHistory
The ‘Grand Goof’ Affair
Issues surrounding the financing of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station convulsed politics in Arkansas for the last two decades of the 20th century and continued to create legal controversy into 2023 over the financial harm the giant plant did to homeowners and other power users in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Arkansas PSC rejects Entergy offer to settle overcharges for Grand Gulf nuclear plant operations
No money for Arkansas ratepayers is a major flaw in Entergy proposal.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Entergy offers $142 million to settle Grand Gulf overcharges in Arkansas
$142 million reportedly proposed to send to Arkansas for nuclear plant overcharges.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Entergy to refund $300 million in Mississippi; Arkansas customers seeking refunds, too
Refunds could be coming to Arkansas, too.
Posted inErnest Dumas
Politics then and now: The court’s grand gulf
Do you have the patience for another postscript on the weird but momentous U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare”?
Posted inArkansas Blog
Now Mitt Romney wants to Bork us
So many provocations, so little space and time. But Ernest Dumas picks up one of Mitt Romney’s many thoughtless utterances and views it with some alarm.