“Horrifying.” That’s what one consumer advocate calls a projected 90% increase in electricity prices for customers of electric utility, Entergy Louisiana, between 2018 and 2030.
Similar spikes in the cost of electricity are happening across the United States driven by the need to run data centers and power-hungry industries, replace old power plants and repair damaged infrastructure from more frequent storms, floods and fires supercharged by climate change.
“Louisiana is a microcosm of what’s happening nationally, but it is happening at a breakneck speed in a way that residents … are not protected. And that is not OK,” said Logan Atkinson Burke, executive director of the nonprofit Alliance for Affordable Energy.
In Oregon, residential rates have increased 50% in the last five years. Residents in 13 mid-Atlantic states will see their bills increase 10% this year. Last month, Florida…
