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Ratepayers may foot the bill for buying power plant PSC report says plan benefits Meta, but Entergy cites rising La. demand BY SAM KARLIN Staff writer
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City employees place sandbags around Maison De Williams Adult Health Day Care on Latiolais Drive in Breaux Bridge on Sunday amid rising water after heavy rains.
Area faces flooding on 2 fronts as rivers rise, storms drench region BY KRISTIN ASKELSON
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Flooding concerns spread across Acadiana on Sunday as flash floods inundated parts of Lafayette and St. Martin parishes while St. Landry Parish officials prepared for rising water expected to arrive from Avoyelles Parish in the coming days. In St. Landry Parish, officials warned that floodwaters from an area of Avoyelles Parish that received between 20 and 30 inches of rain Thursday are expected to move into local waterways, potentially affecting low-lying communities. Parish President Jessie Bellard conducted an aerial
including portions of Port Barre. As of Sunday afternoon, residents north of La. 10 remained under a voluntary evacuation advisory. Port Barre officials urged residents living near Bayou Courtableau to prepare to evacuate and protect valuables and pets. “We are asking residents to prepare now and remain alert as conditions continue Homes off Latiolais Road are surrounded by water from to develop,” Bellard said in heavy rains Sunday. a statement. “Taking action early gives families more Officials said areas under time if conditions worsen.” assessment of conditions On Sunday, Bellard said Friday and over the week- consideration for possible end continued meeting with evacuations include the the water is rising in the state and federal officials to region from La. 71 east to northern part of the parish evaluate projected impacts the Atchafalaya River and a lot sooner than expected. and possible protective from the Avoyelles Parish line south toward U.S. 190, ä See FLOODING, page 3A measures.
Entergy Louisiana’s plans to buy a gas-fired power plant for $1.8 billion are drawing concerns from a consultant for the state’s Public Service Commission who recently warned in a report that the plant is unreliable and needed mostly because of Meta’s massive north Louisiana data center. If approved, the acquisition would cost Entergy Louisiana’s average residential customer roughly $8 a month, according to documents Entergy filed in the case. The fate of the plant in southeast Texas will be decided at the state Public Service Commission, which will hear arguments about it over the next few months. The five-member elected body that regulates utilities will ultimately decide, likely in the fall, whether to let Entergy buy the plant and recover the costs from ratepayers. Entergy says the plant, a facility called Cottonwood near the Louisiana border, is needed to meet “urgent demands” for power, regardless of Meta’s data center. If it doesn’t buy the plant, the company says customers will pay more in the long run as Entergy sees energy demand outstrip supply.
ä See PLANT, page 4A
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Workers continue the construction of the Meta data center in Holly Ridge in March.
Trump lobs threats as Vance meets top Iranian officials in Switzerland Vice President JD Vance, right, meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during high-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, on Sunday. REUTERS PHOTO By NATHAN HOWARD
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OBBUERGEN, Switzerland — Highlevel U.S.-Iran talks on their interim deal to end the war had a tense start Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran took offense at comments by President Donald Trump, who threatened to attack and told Iran’s president to watch what he says. The comments from afar — on
President JD Vance and mediators Pakistan and Qatar to keep Iran engaged in discussions meant to address thorny issues like Tehran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz and the unfreezing of billions of dollars in Iranian assets. Before anything, however, Iran wants to discuss Lebanon, where Israel’s military has been fighting the Iranian-backed Hez-
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“Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble,” Trump said on social media. “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” “They would do better to be careful about their statements,” Iran’s lead negotiator,
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