Within the next three months Entergy customers will see a five to seven dollar monthly increase in electric costs. Roughly three and a half dollars of that increase will kick in on your July bill, The rest of the rate increase will begin in September and is related to a steady reduction in federal tax credits that were included in Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Entergy Spokesperson Lee Sabatini says those tax credits are set to get smaller every year.
The tax credits saved 140 million dollars for customers in 2018, and have dropped to 115 million this year.
The Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality action day today for the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas due to conditions being favorable for the production of ground-level ozone, or smog. DEQ spokesperson Greg Langley says a lack of wind is to blame.
Cut 3 (11) “…a photosynthetic reaction.”
Those with respiratory issues may be impacted.
A new report says the robots are coming for Louisiana’s jobs, and the state could face a significant loss of jobs due to automation in the next decade…
Three recent LSU graduates are dead following a helicopter crash in the Bahamas on Thursday that claimed the lives of seven. Jillian Clark, Brittney Searson, and Kameron Cline were all members of the Phi Mu sorority. Cline was the daughter of billionaire coal mining entrepreneur Chris Cline of West Virginia, who owned the chopper. The crash is under investigation as to why it occurred.