We Don’t Have Time To Waste In Planning Our Electric Grid For A Renewable Energy Future, 2035 Is Tomorrow
By Andy Kowalczyk
John Kerry recently stated that we are waiting on technology for reducing up to 50% of climate emissions, but even if this happens to be true, we could do a whole lot better with moving forward on the solutions we have now. That’s why, with the Biden Administration’s goal to reach 100% Clean Energy by 2035, Kerry’s remarks seem a bit puzzling.
The Third Precinct
By Jackie Bang
One week ago, on the night of Wednesday, June 3, around 2000 Black Lives Matter protesters attempted to cross the Crescent City Connection Bridge. The night before, protesters had marched onto the I-10 silhouette by the last of the sunset chanting, “say his name, George Floyd! say her name, Breonna Taylor!”
Louisiana Should Embrace the Winds of Change
By Andy Kowalczyk
As a renewable energy advocate, I have frequent conversations about offshore wind energy with industry representatives and advocates, as well as friends and family. It might sound strange that I dedicate my time to an effort like this in a state like Louisiana. The level of interest dedicated to offshore wind compared to the state’s energy resources below ground, is next to nothing.
This Diet Will Create a Stronger, More Efficient Electricity Grid and a Healthier Future
By Andy Kowalczyk
At the heart of the electric utility’s service model is a promise to provide safe, reliable and affordable electricity. This promise is a very old one, and although it was revolutionary at the time it was made some 100 + years ago. Let’s face it, having a safe, reliable and affordable grid in the modern age is something most of us take for granted, and we could care less how utility companies maintain that reliability.
2019 – Our Year In Review
Dear community,
Thank you. It was your time, phone calls, letters, donations, marching, and words of encouragement that moved us, albeit slowly, albeit incrementally, closer down the path toward a livable climate for all people. This is what we (and that means YOU!) accomplished in 2019:
Advocating for renewable energy and a just transition away from fossil fuels:
- With Energy Future New Orleans (EFNO) and other coalition partners, drafted the first Resilient Renewable Portfolio Standard in the country, and the first 100% by 2040 Renewable Portfolio Standard in the Gulf South
- Attended hearings on, Intervened in and submitted official comments for City Council dockets related to utility rate setting, community solar, utility solar, Integrated Resource Planning, and a Renewable Portfolio Standard
- With partners, organized the Renewable Portfolio Standard Symposium and other community opportunities to learn about renewable energy opportunities in New Orleans
- Helped plan the historic “March Against Death Alley” in both May and October, drawing national attention to injustices faced by communities along the petrochemical corridor
- Submitted formal comments on CDC’s Federal Register notice of plans to revise the protocol and methodology for investigating cancer clusters
- Accepted an invitation to send representatives to the Permian Gulf Coast Convening to build the national movement of folks fighting against the proliferation of plastics
- Attended numerous public meetings and hearings as a member of the Coalition Against Death Alley and submitted official comments on upcoming petrochemical development projects (and our opposition helped stop Wanhua!