The Public Service Commission approves a new rule aimed at streamlining the process for large projects like data centers to access the energy they need to operate. Utilities looking to build infrastructure to power those massive projects will no longer have to prove that the generation is the cheapest and most reliable on the market. Commissioner Jean-Paul Coussan proposed the rule as a way to accelerate the timelines for these projects. But Alaina DiLaura with the Alliance for Affordable Energy says everyone else will end up paying the price.

Cut 9 (12)  “…and industrial ratepayers.”

This just in to the Louisiana Radio Network newsroom – Attorney General Liz Murrill has announced that 67 people, including at least five women, have been arrested in a massive enforcement operation targeting registered sex offenders. Throughout last month, Operation Access Denied targeted sex offenders for additional crimes against children.

A gutsy season by the U-L Lafayette football team comes to an end with a 20-13 loss to Delaware in the 68 Ventures Bowl. The Cajuns fell behind 20-3 before scoring ten unanswered points to pull to within a touchdown. The Cajuns had a chance to tie it on the last play of the game, but quarterback Lunch Winfield’s pass was broken up in the end zone. After the game, head coach Mike Desormeaux (DEZ-er-mo) said the game was a microcosm of the entire season.

Cut 4 (12) “…has been unbelievable.”

The Cajuns finish the season with a record of 6-and-7.