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Entergy's Actions in New Orleans Are Morally Indefensible

By Clancy DuBos

Gambit | October 7, 2008

Entergy New Orleans is effectively sitting on its hands while two of its sister companies -- Entergy Mississippi Inc. and Entergy Arkansas Inc. -- move to pull out of a system agreement under which six Entergy subsidiaries agreed to share the costs and benefits of generating and transmitting electricity.

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Tags: energy, New Orleans, power, economic issues, electric rates, Entergy

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