Entergy New Orleans set out last year to make a bold proclamation for Super Bowl LIX in the Caesar’s Superdome next month: It will power the entire city with “clean power” for the three days surrounding the event.
The problem: the company doesn’t actually have enough carbon emissions-free power to supply the city for that duration.
Instead, Entergy New Orleans is now embarking on an unusual energy swap with its affiliate, Entergy Louisiana. The New Orleans company will get more than 3,300 megawatt hours of power from an old nuclear plant 100 miles away, in the rolling hills of St. Francisville, for three days, according to documents filed with regulators.
That’s not to say the event will result in fewer emissions. In return, Entergy New Orleans will send the equivalent amount of…
