Sam Karlin
Investigative Reporter at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
investigative reporter for @NOLAnews | Tips: [email protected]. @manshipschool grad and hopeless dog father. Go Chiefs.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Sam Karlin
Louisiana’s electric grid was missing a huge amount of power last weekend because of unplanned outages at power plants, contributing to the grid operator’s decision to order forced blackouts to avoid a “catastrophic” blackout similar to a recent crisis in Spain and Portugal, according to an internal memo.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Sam Karlin
Elected officials homed in Tuesday on the timeline of events that led to an abrupt order of forced blackouts on Sunday in Louisiana, prompting Entergy and Cleco to cut the lights to 100,000 residents in the New Orleans area amid hot late-spring temperatures. Regulators had previously pinned the outages, in part, on the unexpected shutdown of River Bend, a nuclear plant north of Baton Rouge. But Entergy and federal officials said Tuesday that River Bend was shut down because of a leak on May 21.
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1 week ago |
theadvocate.com | Sam Karlin
While Louisiana lawmakers have struggled to rein in rising home insurance premiums, one solution can both lower costs and make homes more resistant to hurricane damage: fortified roofs. Now, lawmakers appear poised to pass some bills that are expected to accelerate the pace at which stronger roofs are put on homes. A plan to give homeowners a $10,000 tax credit if they pay for a fortified roof has gained momentum this legislative session, which ends June 12.
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2 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Sam Karlin
Entergy successfully beat back an effort Monday to invite more competition into Louisiana's power sector, capping a yearslong fight with petrochemical companies who have raised concerns about a spate of planned projects set to cost billions. The Louisiana Public Service Commission, which regulates power companies in most of the state, ended the long-running debate Monday on a 4 to 1 vote.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Sam Karlin
A year after Republican leaders ushered in a series of pro-industry changes in a bid to alleviate the home insurance crisis in Louisiana, officials are confronting a hard truth: there are few immediate signs of relief. Insurance rates are not likely to come down dramatically, at least in the near term.
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Republicans on the Senate Insurance Committee killed this bill after the insurance industry testified against it. #lalege #lagov
Louisiana lawmakers are debating a bill to require insurance companies to report more information about affiliates -- which a series I did last year found were used to move large amounts of premiums out of the sight of regulators #lalege #lagov https://t.co/PEMb5Xzkoi
RT @ggreenwald: How is this remotely consistent with the decades-long claim of conservatives that they believe in the free market? If peop…
A CEO of a failed insurer that used this strategy told me it was to extract more profits from the insurer because affiliates aren't subject to the same regulations https://t.co/Ou0Lt4MerN
Louisiana lawmakers are debating a bill to require insurance companies to report more information about affiliates -- which a series I did last year found were used to move large amounts of premiums out of the sight of regulators #lalege #lagov https://t.co/PEMb5Xzkoi
