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The Entergy Regional State Committee: What It Is and What It Isn’t

The Entergy Regional State Committee: What It Is and What It Isn’t

You’ve probably never heard of the Entergy Regional State Committee. In short, it’s a nonprofit organization paid for by Entergy customers with the intent to be a forum...
MISO, Entergy Reports on May 25 Load Shed Event Reveal Ongoing Generation and Transmission Challenges in Louisiana

MISO, Entergy Reports on May 25 Load Shed Event Reveal Ongoing Generation and Transmission Challenges in Louisiana

Load pockets are areas on the grid with limited import capability, meaning generation must be built within the pocket itself to meet demand. If generation inside that pocket...
Fall 2025 Updates to the Louisiana Generator Interconnection Queue

Fall 2025 Updates to the Louisiana Generator Interconnection Queue

Louisiana’s queue highlights the state’s dual role in both MISO South and SPP. The concentration of solar and hybrid resources in MISO shows merchant developer activity, while SPP...

Southeastern Generator Interconnection Queue Updates from SREA Now Available for Download

Southern Renwable Energy Association has updated the Southeastern Generator Interconnect Queue for Fall 2025. You can download the outlook by power source. Before any new power plant can connect to the grid, it must first enter an interconnection queue. These queues serve...

Southern States Energy Board: It Just Means More

I spent the past few days in Point Clear, Ala., with the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB). If you’re unfamiliar with SSEB, it was established by Congress in 1960 as a nonprofit organization of 16 southern states and two territories that...

SREA Submits Revised Comments on LDENR Proposed Rule on Regulation of Solar Power Generation Facilities

The Southern Renewable Energy Association (SREA) on September 23, 2025, submitted revised comments on the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources (LDENR) proposed Rule on Regulation of Solar Power Generation Facilities, respectfully asking the Department to consider changes to make...

LDENR Issues General Guidance on Act 279 Implementation

The Louisiana Department of Energy & Natural Resources has issued general guidance on the implementation of Act 279 of 2025 related to solar facility permitting. Please review their Solar Permitting (Act 279) webpage and Guidance Memorandum on Act 279 of 2025...

Powering Louisiana

Powering Louisiana is a nonpartisan coalition of Louisianans united to identify, engage, and empower voices across the state who support utility-scale renewable energy developments. Our mission is simple: accelerate energy growth in The Pelican State by finding and connecting landowners, farmers, business leaders, and community stakeholders who understand that a modern, reliable grid requires local, scalable solutions.

If you agree that we need to move every available electron we can get onto the grid to build a future for Louisiana where energy is homegrown, reliable, and abundant, Powering Louisiana invites you to join us. This is about real progress, real collaboration, and real results—together, we will drive the energy future Louisiana deserves.

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Powering Louisiana partners with communities across the state to counter misinformation about renewable energy and to support community leaders in crafting clear, practical language for advocating when wind or solar projects come to their areas.

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Powering Louisiana believes lasting change comes from uniting communities, policymakers, and industry partners to advocate for transparent, evidence-based renewable energy policies. By forming broad coalitions across the state, we advance practical, affordable power solutions that protect everyday Louisianans.

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Powering Louisiana champions policies that grow renewable energy and shield the industry from harmful legislation. We work to ensure practical siting guidelines, reliable bonding standards, and clear decommissioning processes so projects can thrive in communities across the state.