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New Orleans may go municipal

Journal Article · · Public Power; (United States)
OSTI ID:5914689
Recent moves by the New Orleans City Council to consolidate two investor-owned utilities operating under franchise agreements into a publicly owned utility could make the 179,000-user utility the nation's 12th ranking public power system. Voters have changed their minds on the advantages of local control because of costly blackouts. At the root of the effort are economic concerns and some unpaid IOUs owed by the franchise companies because of nuclear plant construction. A task force recommended a municipal buyout.
OSTI ID:
5914689
Journal Information:
Public Power; (United States), Journal Name: Public Power; (United States) Vol. 43:2; ISSN PUPOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English