Insured losses from the 2020 hurricane season have reached $10.6 Billion in Louisiana. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Centenary College in Shreveport has not had a football team since 1941, but that change will soon. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A subdued confirmation Tuesday that Mardi Gras 2022 will happen in New Orleans is drawing criticism from the likes of Arthur Hardy, publisher of the annual Mardi Gras Guide. A mayoral spokesman made the announcement, but Hardy says a big deal should have been made of the fact.
Mardi Gras was canceled in the Big Easy last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns of the parades being super-spreaders of the virus.
Hardy says the question will remain until next year just where the parade routes will be as New Orleans deals with the status of COVID then and police availability.
Hardy says he expects strong efforts will be made to ensure that the major parades, such as Endymion, are allowed to use their traditional routes
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The most recent tally on insured losses from the 2020 hurricane season in Louisiana has reached $10.6 billion to cover claims from hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says it was one for the record books.
The $10.6 billion figure for 2020 is what insurers have paid or in reserve to pay to cover claims. Donelon says they receive reports quarterly and over 325,000 claims have been filed.
Followed by Delta and then Zeta.
This is the last quarterly report of claims paid, and reserves that will have to be submitted for 2020 damage to the state. Donelon says they have had to field about 1800 formal complaints against insurance companies.
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Centenary College hasn’t played a football game since 1941, but today the Shreveport school announced plans to return to the gridiron and compete on the football field in 2024. Centenary School president Christopher Holman says they’ve already received fantastic support…
Centenary played its first football game in 1894 and over the next couple of years they’ll make improvements to Mayo Field so that it can host football games. Athletics Director David Orr says one of the first steps they’ll take is finding a leader for the football program…
Also, applications to join a conference will begin immediately. Centenary will celebrate its bicentennial in 2025 and Board of Trustees Chairman Archer Frierson says bringing back football will only enhance the higher education experience at Centenary…
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Entergy Louisiana is looking to increase its green power-generating portfolio. Jonathan Bourg, director of resource planning for the utility, says Entergy will seek to purchase several hundred megawatts of solar power by around 2024.
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Bourg says that will be in addition to the 50 megawatts of solar the company is already purchasing through the Capital Region Solar plant in West Baton Rouge. Those four solar facilities will need construction approval from the state Public Service Commission.
Bourg says the four new solar facilities are important in Entergy’s efforts to provide clean energy.
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The new solar facilities will be located in Allen, St. James and Washington parishes.
The goal of purchasing 475 megawatts of power will rely on regulatory approval from the PSC to construct the four solar facilities.
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Entergy Louisiana says it currently has about 240 megawatts of renewable power which began delivering power to its grid in October of last year.