[LSU Mike]

I think it's fair. Two dollars a month for the worst natural disaster ever? I can live with it. And we don't pay for New Orleans's problems. That is a separate company with a separate regulator. We don't pay for them, and they don't pay for us.

If we are not paying for eachothers problems, then how do you explain the same rate increase from New Orleans on up to Shreveport? I don't recall Katrina rocking any boats in Shreveport, do you?

[BR Today]

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[Greyhound]

I don't work for Entergy. WE are risk sharing, like insurance. When the damage is in the Baton Rouge area we will want to share the cost. You don't get it both ways. I think it was rude to respond to someone you thought was an Entergy employee as though they should not have an opinion.

[BR Today]

I don't work for Entergy. WE are risk sharing, like insurance. When the damage is in the Baton Rouge area we will want to share the cost. You don't get it both ways. I think it was rude to respond to someone you thought was an Entergy employee as though they should not have an opinion.

The only post that was directed at someone regarding them being an entergy employee was made because, as administrator of the forum, I can see the IP/server that the user posts from. That user posted from an entergy.com server. That being said, while its certainly no problem for entergy employees to comment, I think it would be construed as biased for an entergy employee to make a comment like "I think Entergy does a great job keeping the lights on and getting my lights back on quickly if they do go out".

I am an Entergy employee. I am very proud of the work that our employees did to restore electric service in Louisiana (and Texas and Mississippi) after Katrina and Rita. They were recognized by several national entities for their outstanding performance. At end of the day, this issue addressed in this poll is a legal question. The PSC was legally required to permit Entergy to recover its storm restoration costs. Therefore, when one asks whether the PSC should have done so, one is really asking whether the PSC should have followed the law. One point that hasn't been brought out in the posts is that the PSC hired outside lawyers and consultants to review all of the charges that made up Entergy's request. The AARP participated in the case, along with many large industrial customers, all of whom had the right to challenge the amount of recovery. After more than a year and a half of discovery, depositions, and hearings, a stipulation was filed in the record that confirmed the amounts to which the utilities were entitled. An administrative law judge certified those amounts to the PSC. The PSC approved the judge's findings.

[News Bot]

I think it's fair. Two dollars a month for the worst natural disaster ever? I can live with it. And we don't pay for New Orleans's problems. That is a separate company with a separate regulator. We don't pay for them, and they don't pay for us.

Well I don't see it as $2.00 a month for the actual disaster and as mentioned in this topic before, its a matter of Entergy customers not having a choice more than it is the money. I think even homeless people can afford $2.00 more a month. When Cingular treated me unfairly in my opinion, I had the option to switch to Verizon, T-Mobile or any of the other providers. In this case, its just not that easy, therefore you will have consumers who think they are being taken advantage of. Personally, i'm cool with the increase. I've been happy with the Entergy service since even before it was Entergy. Who remembers Gulf States Utility company!?

[BR Today]

I am an Entergy employee. I am very proud of the work that our employees did to restore electric service in Louisiana (and Texas and Mississippi) after Katrina and Rita. They were recognized by several national entities for their outstanding performance. At end of the day, this issue addressed in this poll is a legal question. The PSC was legally required to permit Entergy to recover its storm restoration costs. Therefore, when one asks whether the PSC should have done so, one is really asking whether the PSC should have followed the law. One point that hasn't been brought out in the posts is that the PSC hired outside lawyers and consultants to review all of the charges that made up Entergy's request. The AARP participated in the case, along with many large industrial customers, all of whom had the right to challenge the amount of recovery. After more than a year and a half of discovery, depositions, and hearings, a stipulation was filed in the record that confirmed the amounts to which the utilities were entitled. An administrative law judge certified those amounts to the PSC. The PSC approved the judge's findings.

Excellent post, excellent information. I'm very glad that (somehow) Entergy employees have found this discussion and chimed in. You are correct in the point you made about there being so many questions unanswered. The talk shows that have been on the air have done a good job answering as many questions as they could, given the information at hand, but with employees on the inside like you giving us the play by play, I think there will be a much better understanding of how this unfolded. I personally was not aware that this went through so much discovery and depositions. Of course I didn't think the number was just one that Entergy dreamed up, so I figured there was a good bit of research involved.

Best of luck to you and Entergy in the future.

[LSU Mike]

The only post that was directed at someone regarding them being an entergy employee was made because, as administrator of the forum, I can see the IP/server that the user posts from. That user posted from an entergy.com server. That being said, while its certainly no problem for entergy employees to comment, I think it would be construed as biased for an entergy employee to make a comment like "I think Entergy does a great job keeping the lights on and getting my lights back on quickly if they do go out".

I agree with BRT and being somewhat of a computer nerd myself ( no offense ), i know that it is possible for the administrator to see where everyone is logged in from. Nice job of entergy employees coming to the defense of their company, but come on people, comments like the one that was made by an employee of entergy is really out of line.

PS - I have no problem paying the extra fee. The service is well worth it in my opinion.