NEW ORLEANS, LA — Today, Mayor-Elect Helena Moreno announced the launch of New Orleans’ first Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Program, a $28 million investment that will place hundreds of solar-tied batteries across the city to dramatically improve grid reliability, sustainability, and community resilience, without placing additional costs on ratepayers.

The initiative marks a major milestone in a new approach to grid reliability that began after Hurricane Ida exposed the devastating consequences of widespread power failures. In the wake of that storm, the Council committed to doing things differently by redefining what reliable electricity means by investing not only in poles and wires, but directly in our communities.

NEW ORLEANS, LA -  Councilmember Morrell is kicking off a two-week holiday food drive to help address food insecurity across the city in collaboration with the New Orleans Food Policy Council (NOFPC), a local nonprofit organization and the official advisory body on matters of food and agriculture for the New Orleans City Council.

NEW ORLEANS, LA -  The New Orleans City Council is calling for clarity and transparency from the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity after recent reporting revealed the organization has sold several properties within Musicians’ Village, a landmark post-Katrina development designed to provide affordable living for local musicians and culture bearers. Residents are now expected to pay triple their former rent under the new owners.