Louisiana Public Service Commission

Address

PO Box 91154, 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9154

Phone

(225) 342-4999Fax (225) 342-2831

Website

lpsc.louisiana.gov ↗

Utility landscape

• Entergy Louisiana, LLC IOU

  Majority of Louisiana including Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and surrounding parishes

  Entergy Louisiana is the dominant IOU in the state and has been actively pursuing rate cases tied to infrastructure investment, storm cost recovery, and capacity procurement. The LPSC has scrutinized affiliate transactions and management efficiency audits under its integrated resource planning process.

• Cleco Power LLC IOU

  Central and north-central Louisiana, including Alexandria, Pineville, and surrounding rural and suburban areas

  Cleco completed a base rate case settlement in recent years locking in a revenue requirement, and is now focused on grid hardening investments and potential renewable procurement. Its 2024-2025 IRP filing drew LPSC scrutiny over long-term reliance on natural gas capacity.

• Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) IOU

  Northwest Louisiana including Shreveport-Bossier City metro area

  SWEPCO, an AEP subsidiary, serves northwest Louisiana and has pursued cost recovery for transmission upgrades and the Wind Catcher project's aftermath. The LPSC has required detailed justification for any new capital expenditure proposals given past disallowances.

• Cajun Electric Power Cooperative (successor: Associated Electric / DEMCO/SLEMCO affiliates) coop

  Rural parishes across south-central and southeast Louisiana, primarily wholesale supplier to G&T member cooperatives

  Louisiana's electric cooperatives are primarily regulated by their boards and USDA RUS rather than LPSC, but large G&T cooperatives intersect with LPSC proceedings on transmission access and renewable contracting. DEMCO and CLECO territorial disputes have periodically required LPSC adjudication.

• Entergy New Orleans, LLC IOU

  City of New Orleans (Orleans Parish), regulated jointly by LPSC and the Council of the City of New Orleans

  Entergy New Orleans operates under a dual-regulatory framework; the New Orleans City Council holds primary jurisdiction. LPSC coordinates on wholesale and transmission matters. Recent activity includes solar capacity additions and distribution hardening post-Ida cost recovery proceedings.

• Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) muni

  City of Lafayette and portions of Lafayette Parish

  LUS is a municipally owned combined electric and fiber utility largely exempt from LPSC electric rate jurisdiction. LUS Fiber, its broadband subsidiary, has been a model for municipal broadband and draws occasional legislative attention regarding cross-subsidization between electric and telecom operations.

Key issues

• Entergy Louisiana forward test year rate case: The LPSC is evaluating Entergy Louisiana's pending base rate request incorporating projected capital investments in grid hardening, advanced metering infrastructure, and new generation capacity, with intervenor challenges focused on ROE, capital structure, and the prudency of recent storm restoration costs.
• Storm cost securitization and Hurricane Ida recovery: Ongoing LPSC proceedings address the prudency review and securitization financing of hundreds of millions in restoration costs from Hurricane Ida (2021) and subsequent severe weather events; commissioners have pushed for stronger pre-storm preparation standards as a condition of full recovery.
• Integrated Resource Planning and renewable integration: Both Entergy Louisiana and Cleco are in active IRP cycles under LPSC oversight, with significant debate over the pace of coal and gas retirement, the inclusion of utility-scale solar and battery storage, and whether proposed long-term PPAs adequately protect ratepayers from stranded asset risk.
• Transmission cost allocation and MISO participation: Louisiana IOUs' participation in MISO has generated LPSC proceedings on allocation of regional transmission costs, including challenges to certain MISO Tariff provisions that disproportionately assign costs to Louisiana ratepayers for out-of-state transmission projects.
• Net metering and distributed generation tariff reform: The LPSC has an open docket examining revisions to net metering successor tariffs, including potential changes to export compensation rates and standby charges, driven by growth in rooftop solar adoption and utility arguments about cost-shifting to non-solar ratepayers.

Upcoming

• 2026-09-15

  Estimated LPSC open session: Expected continued evidentiary proceedings or briefing schedule milestones in Entergy Louisiana base rate case Docket No. U-36935 (or successor); parties anticipated to submit reply briefs on ROE and capital expenditure prudency. Date estimated based on LPSC monthly meeting schedule.

• 2026-10-06

  Estimated LPSC monthly open session: Anticipated staff report and commissioner deliberation on net metering successor tariff rulemaking, with possible vote on proposed rule revisions to distributed generation compensation structures. Date estimated based on LPSC first-Tuesday monthly meeting pattern.

• 2026-11-03

  Estimated LPSC open session: Potential decision or interim order on Cleco Power IRP compliance filing review, including evaluation of renewable procurement timelines and gas capacity retention justification submitted in mid-2026. Date estimated.

• 2026-12-01

  Estimated deadline: Hurricane Ida and severe weather securitization prudency review final order anticipated by end of Q4 2026, following completion of evidentiary record and ALJ recommended order in consolidated storm cost docket. Date estimated based on procedural schedule representations in prior LPSC orders.