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Entergy wants to charge customers $8 a month to buy a gas plant. Should Meta pay instead?

A PSC consultant said the 1,200-megawatt plant is unreliable and mostly needed for Meta’s data center, while ratepayers could pay $8.65 a month.

Summary by The Advocate
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.
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The Advocate broke the news in Baton Rouge, United States on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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