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.
Ted Thomas
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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.
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Bill that would kill Arkansas’s solar industry gets long look in committee
Two bills of massive import for Arkansas’s future remain up for discussion in interminable legislative committee meetings today. While Gov. Sanders’ Arkansas Learns proposal sucks up most of the oxygen at the state Capitol today, an equally sinister plan, which would kill the state’s booming solar industry, is under consideration before a House committee.
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Solar power: A new plant and a new rant
Entergy expands it solar footprint and a former PSC chair blasts another utility for resistance to solar power.
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Hutchinson names Katie Anderson new chair of Arkansas Public Service Commission
Scott resident will head utility regulation in the state.
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Arkansas Supreme Court declines to review ruling on PSC chair’s participation in solar case
Former PSC chair’s participation in solar case passes muster with state’s highest court.
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Thomas leaving Public Service Commission for private sector
Thomas, who has four years left on his PSC appointment, told the Arkansas Times today that his resignation has “nothing to do with the Petit Jean” case but quickly acknowledged, “No one will believe” that.
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Solar power gets a boost in Court of Appeals ruling
A Court of Appeals decision heavily favors companies providing solar power.
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Gubernatorial appointments of note: PSC, marijuana, education
Three worth a mention in this week’s list.
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PSC chair blasts effort to force recusal from solar power cases
The chairman of the PSC and an electric utility are in a dispute over solar energy charges and his call to a consultant for the utility.