Entergy should pay $1B in refunds, damages to customers over faulty power plant, regulators say
Jessica Williams
Entergy Corp. wrongfully charged customers over eight years for a nuclear power station that often malfunctioned and was repeatedly deemed unsafe, according to allegations in a federal complaint filed by three of the utility s regulators.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission, the New Orleans City Council and the Arkansas Public Service Commission argued that $800 million Entergy spent to upgrade its problem-plagued Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Mississippi hasn t improved the plant s safety record and subpar performance compared to other nuclear power plants.
The utility also charged customers over $361 million for power it had to purchase when the deficient station was offline, the regulators said in the complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. They argued that Entergy should refund customers the power costs as well as the cost of the 2012 u
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Banks Lake Pumped Storage Project still in works
Last updated 3/4/2021 at 2:40pm
An illustration shows the route of two penstocks from an intake facility behind North Dam under North Dam Park and the city of Grand Coulee in the distance and ending in Lake Roosevelt. - Courtesy of Columbia Basin Hydropower
The Banks Lake Pumped Storage Project, which would bring an estimated 1,000-2,000 workers to the area during construction and add an extra 500 megawatts of hydropower electricity per hour, is still in the works, if a little Covid delayed.
Secretary Manager Darvin Fales of Columbia Basin Hydropower spoke to The Star on the phone Tuesday, with an update on the project for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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