Sunday, April 30, 2006
Suskie campaign gets regional coverage
Down south, there is some notice of Arkansas politics. Much to the credit of Paul
Suskie, the unfavorable FERC rulings are getting covered elshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifewhere. This from of Baton Rouge.
Suskie, the unfavorable FERC rulings are getting covered elshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifewhere. This from of Baton Rouge.
Louisiana’s high electric bills have become an issue in the Arkansas attorney general’s race.
Television ads by Democratic Party candidate Paul Suskie begin Monday and call for fighting a recent regulatory ruling that ordered Entergy Corp. to roughly equalize its production costs. Entergy’s Louisiana plants make electricity far more expensively than those in Arkansas.
The impact of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order means a $2 billion to $6 billion reduction in consumer bills in Louisiana here offset by a like increase in Arkansas.
“It is unfair that a political decision in Louisiana means Arkansans have to pay 20 percent more on their monthly utility bills,” Suskie said Friday.
The other three candidates in the May 23 election say they support Suskie’s position and likewise have plans to derail executing the FERC decision.
