NEW ORLEANS - Today, the New Orleans City Council held a special meeting to hear from the independent investigators into the Entergy New Orleans (ENO) paid actors scandal, consider sanctions for the same, and initiate a prudence investigation of ENO's past operation of the city's electricity distribution system.

NEW ORLEANS - Tonight, the Council Utilities Regulatory Office (CURO) signaled it had received the final report from the Independent Investigators engaged by the Council to investigate the tactics used by Entergy during the New Orleans Power Station (NOPS) public comment period last spring.

NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has announced the award of a Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) grant to Goodwill Inc. to increase re-entry services in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS - Today, the New Orleans City Council Utilities Committee (UCTTC) formally received Entergy New Orleans' (ENO) application for a change in electric and gas rates (the "rate case") and set up the nearly year-long procedural schedule necessary to ensure adequate study and comment from the public.

NEW ORLEANS - Today, Council Vice President Helena Moreno and District "B" Councilmember Jay H. Banks co-authored an ordinance that would enhance the opportunities for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) interested in competing for contracts let by the New Orleans City Council.