Congratulations to Mayor-elect Helena Moreno and to all our newly elected leaders — JP Morrell, Matthew Willard, Freddie King Jr., and Eugene Green on the City Council; Sheriff-elect Michelle Woodfork; and Assessor Erroll G. Williams. New Orleans faces big challenges and even bigger opportunities, and your leadership will shape how we balance clean energy, affordability, and resilience in the years ahead. When Good Intentions Meet Shifting Ground As Chris Homberg,…

New Orleans is at a crossroads. On one hand, the Council is considering new proposals in the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) docket, rules that will shape how rooftop solar, batteries, and other resources support our grid. On the other hand, PosiGen, the company that dominated the local solar market, has collapsed. With an estimated 80% market share and approximately 9,500…