Entergy Louisiana has filed a request with the Louisiana Public Service Fee to approve the acquisition, building and operation of almost 225 MW of recent solar energy assets.
Entergy Louisiana has chosen two initiatives to supply further photo voltaic power, together with one in Iberville Parish that may account for about 175 MW and one other in Ouachita Parish (~49 MW). If authorized by the fee, Entergy Louisiana will be capable to enhance its renewable portfolio and assist meet the rising demand for clear era.
“That is one other step towards not solely reaching our personal sustainability objectives, but in addition towards serving to our clients attain their sustainability objectives,” says Phillip Could, Entergy Louisiana’s president and CEO. “The need for clear energy is growing and, at Entergy, we intend to fulfill that need in a method that balances our capability to proceed offering dependable and reasonably priced energy. We’re excited in regards to the potential addition of almost 225 MW and sit up for additional increasing our portfolio of renewables as demanded by our stakeholders.”
Below Entergy Louisiana’s proposal earlier than the fee, the corporate would enter a 20-year buy energy settlement with Coastal Prairie Photo voltaic LLC, an oblique wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Vitality Sources LLC, for power produced by its photo voltaic facility to be inbuilt Iberville Parish. Additionally, Entergy Louisiana would construct and function what would turn out to be the Sterlington Photo voltaic Facility in Ouachita Parish.
If authorized, building would tentatively start within the spring of 2024, with the Iberville facility totally operational in late 2025. The Iberville facility could be adopted by the Sterlington Photo voltaic Facility, which is anticipated to ship energy to the grid in early 2026.
The proposal additionally features a request for authorization to incorporate the brand new photo voltaic assets inside the lately authorized inexperienced tariff Geaux Inexperienced Possibility, or Rider GGO. It is a voluntary program that enables clients the chance to subscribe to, and get advantages from, renewable power assets. Including these assets to the Rider GGO useful resource portfolio will additional help Entergy Louisiana clients with assembly their environmental and sustainability objectives.
Entergy Louisiana at the moment has roughly 280 MW of renewable assets, together with the Capital Area Photo voltaic facility, which started delivering energy to the grid in October 2020. The corporate has a number of thousand megawatts of renewable capability in varied phases of planning and procurement that shall be dropped at the fee for approval within the close to future.
