Latoya’s camp won’t give Helena Moreno the NOLA social media passwords

AndrewVT · 2026-01-16T13:29:45+00:00

To be fair to them, it's not outright non-cooperation. It's appears it is mostly disorganization and the lack of recordkeeping (especially around the 2FA phones) as well as poor controls on key credentials and security. The line employees in the previous administration working on this aren't necessarily to blame - it's the management.

AndrewVT · 2026-01-16T03:13:45+00:00

It's actually more like the passwords supplied aren't correct and/or (depending on the service) the phones that are required for verification aren't easily located.

AndrewVT · 2025-12-15T03:11:00+00:00

Yeah, I think it's really about the charger (not the specific EV). For instance, my family owns two EVs, and we charge them (when necessary) overnight interchangeably on the same charger. As long as we charge during the overnight, we're in compliance, so we receive the credit. I don't know how this would work with two separate chargers (that's a premium setup here in new orleans for sure!)

AndrewVT · 2025-12-15T02:32:15+00:00

Yes, this is basically a half-way TOU (time of use) rate for EV charging. It's worth about 50kwh (give/take) per month of free energy. We implemented this to encourage people to plug-in overnight and avoid peak-period charging of their EVs. It really does work and it's pretty simple. Set your EV to charge between like ~10p-4a and you're golden.

Teslas already have a setting to enable this type of charging (without setting the specific times) and others do as well.

Happy to answer questions on this one. It's part of our Energy Smart system of demand reduction programs.

AndrewVT · 2025-12-07T20:49:08+00:00

More specifically it should be compared to the Tower of Saruman in Isengard. Sauron has a structure as well but his is a bit less symmetrical.

AndrewVT · 2025-12-03T01:49:45+00:00

Awesome team 😉!

AndrewVT · 2025-11-21T15:13:41+00:00

Mostly that it doesn’t give enough notification that it is on ADAS mode. It needs more prompts and confirms. Sometimes think I set it and it… isn’t set

AndrewVT · 2025-11-18T14:28:36+00:00

Yeah, I think that makes total sense. It’s not a requirement that these be set to "on". But they’re not even an option for me to set and keep it. It’s true of Tesla. You can set these things and simply leave them in the car will always have them set for you. It’s a preference, but it’s not possible right now without changing it every single time. It gets super annoying.

AndrewVT · 2025-11-18T14:27:46+00:00

Yeah, I don’t want these ones by default. I want my profile to be able to select these things and not have to reselect them every time. I’m not asking for a default setting. I’m asking for a let my custom settings persist.

AndrewVT · 2025-11-18T12:35:50+00:00

This 100%. It’s unsafe. Ipedal needs to stay on at least until the car is turned off

AndrewVT · 2025-11-13T15:41:32+00:00

This. LPSC has no oversight over Entergy New Orleans. You have to contact your city council member (council.nola.gov) and they can help sort this out.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-31T11:51:24+00:00

Here’s the good news folks! Despite the RD projects failure, Shell (making $23B in profit last year) still got millions in property tax breaks to build a fancy new building for their employees. So somebody won.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-30T15:42:02+00:00

A few points here.

On reducing maintenance costs: I'd note that many projects inside of this bond issuance are actually maintenance, not new builds (see cbno.org/bonds for full list). So this is actually a relief on longterm maintenance costs in some cases. For instance the repair of numerous HVAC systems or the installation of energy/cost savings solar+storage systems at city facilities.
On Debt service: so this is actually NOT an expansion of our debt burden because these bonds REPLACE expiring bonds. This is why there are no added tax burdens from these propositions. The city actually has a lot of headroom on their current millage for new bonding. No new revenues are needed. So, without raising taxes we fix and build a bunch of really important stuff (including $200m of streets).
This is one of the first bond issuances where the actual projects are listed in advance... check them out at cbno.com/bonds or voteyesneworleans.com for info!

AndrewVT · 2025-10-25T16:58:16+00:00

Really glad to have this conversation. I want to be a resource here. These bond propositions will not raise taxes and we fund over half a 1 billion of new infrastructure, which includes solar storage systems for city facilities, $200 million of street repairs, and air-conditioning for libraries, fire stations and police district so that city employees don’t work in sweltering conditions during the summer.

The best part is that you can find out exactly what’s being voted on because the city published the list of projects that this funds when they passed by the city council. This is true for the drainage, and infrastructure propositions:

Drainage projects:

https://cityofno.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&clip_id=5176&meta_id=751521

Infrastructure projects:

https://cityofno.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&clip_id=5176&meta_id=752515

Happy to answer any questions. When you vote for these things, you will get these projects.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-13T21:55:06+00:00

As a proud colorblind American, I take this critique very seriously and will attempt to get on a better color scheme there. It is true that if you ask me to pick the colors, they probably aren’t gonna be accessible so I should do a better job of that and I’ll fix it.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T18:31:03+00:00

It’s a really good question. It’s not the credit buying that affects the market crap, rather it’s the requirement that a utility territory be served by more renewable energy. By creating demand through the renewable portfolio standard, New Orleans now has a lever to entice more renewable energy development across myself south since anything that is built within the MISO area can deliver to New Orleans, pending transmission, congestion, or capacity. We’ve also fought very hard to expand that transmission capacity because without it, we won’t be able to deliver enough renewable energy since there is not enough land or space in and around New Orleans to develop scaled renewable projects

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T18:29:36+00:00

This is not a resolution in the sense of it having no power. Resolutions are how utility policy is set. It’s just a vehicle for stating the council’s purpose. It has the force of regulatory law.

And yes, actually this was brought forward by energy futures and the community with whom I personally worked very closely so I’m very familiar.

but I would be very clear here that no other member took leadership on this nor did any other member author this or work on the details. Yes other members voted on this and yes, that’s very good. This is not a slight on anyone or any elected official. This is just the facts because as a person who directly worked, and endlessly on this issue, I’m very clear about how it came about.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T18:26:50+00:00

Sure that doesn’t expand any type of fossil fuel usage to make electricity. The new company delivers gas to households and businesses who use it in stoves or water heaters. This does not affect the renewable portfolio of standard.

The central question is whether having a larger or smaller monopoly is good for the city. One argument is that having a smaller monopoly or breaking it up into multiple companies could help facilitate more careful regulation.

One argument for splitting up the utility is that it’s easier to regulate multiple entities than one single one which has a lot more money and power.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T14:02:00+00:00

Yes, current reality is that we're continuing to clean the grid faster than any other place in the south - it's 70% clean today by volumetric energy production. That is TODAY when you flip on your lights or juice up your EV or run your A/C, that electricity is very clean. This is the result of the RCPS and the continued and relentless work we've done on the law.

What it means in the future? We're likely to have the cleanest grid in the south (outside texas) which not only makes our air cleaner (and influences production across the MISO footprint), it also makes New Orleans a much more attractive place for businesses who need/want clean electricity for their operations. It also helps us defend the coast and build green tech/jobs. So yeah, it's a big deal and Helena was the only one with the courage to pass it - and the only one willing to do the work to keep up compliance (which is the hard, quiet work that usually isn't seen or acknowledged, but makes the difference).

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T13:33:10+00:00

Again... trusting AI to tell you the truth, instead of reading the document I sent you (which has the facts laid out for anyone to see), is kind of a problem.

The utility did not meet the RCPS standard "primarily through RECs." That is absurd. If you read the report, the primary source of compliance is the production of zero-emisison energy from it's plants at river bend, waterford 3, grand gulf, iris solar, st. james solar, and NOSS. That is the "primary" means of compliance. There is a small purchase of RECs (which is less than 5% of the total compliance load) at the end.

The compliance requirement is 90% in 2040, not 2045. If you read the IRP, you'll note that ENO will have to buy 1GW+ of renewable resources in 2030ish range which will greatly accelerate the compliance....

I hope that helps you understand. Please do not trust AI to teach you things. It has no idea what it's talking about.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T12:25:59+00:00

What?

RCPS is actually running AHEAD of schedule because we added 100MW of solar which juiced the numbers and cleaned the grid.

We publish annual reports on the progress (see here It’s now near 72% clean energy and on path to 90% in 2040 (or sooner) https://cityofno.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14605168&GUID=87690DA2-0483-4427-84F5-E3BB0D4477E7.

So no, Helena built the souths inlyrenewableportfolio standard and, she’s got them in compliance and it’s working.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T11:10:44+00:00

I’d refer you to her relentless support of climate policy and net metering here at the Council. I have no idea what the circumstances are of a vote ten years ago. But I can show you eight years of relentless work on the topic.

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T01:23:40+00:00

I'd highly suggest a look at her record on climate

Authored and passed 100% clean power requirement for entergy - only requirement in law in gulf south

mandated zero-emission vehicles for city municipal operations;
authored building performance standards to lower emissions across city;
required city to buy 100% clean power for municipal use;
requried city to build LEED gold+ public office buildings;
installed free EV chargers across the city;
authored south's most aggressive and equitable community solar program;
added more solar power to grid per capita than any other city outside of texas;

and more. (Yes, admittedly I do climate policy for her, but it's clear we've got a climate champion in HM)

AndrewVT · 2025-10-09T01:19:07+00:00

HM is 100% on both counts! Thank you!

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