Who owns your utility, and who answers for it
"Public utility" is a legal status, not an ownership category. Here's who owns the water, power and sewer — and which owners the sunshine laws reach.
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One scenic river exemption expired Aug. 1. Another began the same day.
Louisiana loosened its scenic rivers law twice this year — a five-year suspension on the West Pearl, and a new class of permits issued with no public comment.
How a solar project gets permitted in Louisiana
A utility-scale solar project in Louisiana doesn't get one permit. It runs a federal, state, and local gauntlet — and waits years in the grid queue besides.
The 10,356-acre solar project quietly taking shape near Hineston
Treaty Oak Clean Energy — owned by funds tied to Cleco's co-owner, which also bankrolls a local data center — wants federal approval for a 16-sq-mi solar buildout on Rapides/Vernon timberland. No public announcement. The only comment window closes Aug. 2.