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Votes at a glance: Commission approves several utility filings, rule changes and acquisitions
Summary
At its session the Commission approved multiple joint reports, audits and rule changes: water FRP orders for Parish, Baton Ridge and Louisiana Water; staff rulemaking to revise transmission siting; EV charging and IRP rule amendments; Delta States acquisition of Entergy gas assets; audits and settlements (Mandu solar PPA, Atmos RSC, energy efficiency audits) and consultant retentions.
The Public Service Commission disposed of a broad consent and contested slate of items, including formula rate plan annual reports, audits, consultant retentions and rule updates.
Key actions approved at the meeting include joint reports and draft orders for several water utilities’ 2023 FRP annual reports (Parish Water, Baton Ridge Waterworks, Louisiana Water Company), staff’s final recommendation to revise the transmission siting general order (launching rulemaking to assert jurisdiction over transmission physically within Louisiana), adoption of EV‑charging guidance and removal of an electric cooperative exemption from the Commission’s IRP rules, and approval of Delta States’ acquisition of Entergy’s gas local distribution company assets (with commitments on employee protection and future prudency review of transition costs).
Other approvals: staff audit joint reports for Atmos and SWEPCO energy efficiency riders, approval of an Entergy Mandu solar PPA to include the facility in the Go Green program under an uncontested stipulated settlement, ratifications of out‑of‑session interventions on RTO/FERC matters, and authorization for staff to pursue targeted rulemakings on reliability metrics and distribution‑level reporting. The Commission also authorized several consultant retentions for monitoring, auditing and securitization consulting across dockets.
Where votes were recorded they were typically by roll call and reflect the spread of consent items across the agenda; several items were closely divided on procedural questions but ultimately approved.
