As I watch a new drama unfold concerning Entergy, a Google data center, Gov. Sanders and the Arkansas Public Service commission, I’m reminded of the old powerline debacle when SWEPCO tried to route a massive powerline through our own community. Like many others I still celebrate that win.
The Entergy project was endorsed enthusiastically by Gov. Sanders, then secretly approved by the Arkansas Public Service Commission, with Entergy supplying secret details that were released accidentally. Entergy has now sued the Arkansas Times and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to prevent publication.
If something is shared with the Public Service Commission, should not the public have every right to that information? Particularly when it involves a raise in their own rates to then support Google?
I am reminded of standing in front of a judge, her being overly friendly with the folks from SWEPCO as we of Save the Ozarks were the interlopers. There should be no information shared with that commission that does not deserve the light of day shone brightly upon it. The Entergy lawyers, like the SWEPCO lawyers in our case, think they have the upper hand and can get away with whatever they want, the little guy be damned.
I’ll gladly see that Gov. Sanders be removed from office and the Public Service Commission reformed.
Doug Stowe