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Newsletters and press releases from the campaign for Public Service Commission — the fights we're picking, and the receipts behind them. For reporting that covers or quotes Chris, see In the News.
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Endorsed by the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO
The historic labor council representing electricians, plumbers, teachers, and nurses endorses the independent engineer taking zero utility money.
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Entergy is literally writing their own rules
An Entergy executive ghostwrote the Public Service Commission motions supporting the Meta deal. Captured regulators passed the utility's work off as their own.
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You shouldn’t have to set your thermostat at 78 in July
Our power plants run at 46% capacity, yet every heat wave brings blackout warnings and pleas to raise your thermostat. Airlines solved this: pay willing volunteers.
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A terrible deal for us, a fantastic one for Entergy
Seven new gas plants, $12.9 billion, and a Commission vote 43 days after the election. Here's how we make the Meta deal work for us, not just Entergy.
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We got our first broken pole fixed!
A broken pole sat at Bancroft and Mirabeau for five years. Someone submitted it to ServiceMyPole, and six weeks later a crew finally took it out.
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The Reverse Mullet Approach to Politics
The grid video hit 500,000 views. Here's the business behind it: how Louisiana handed the utilities the keys, and why you pay three times to maintain the grid.
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$116 a month. Before a single drop. Today they signed off on three more years.
The Commission approved three more years of Magnolia Water's automatic rate increases without ever examining the parent company's profits. Chris testified for a full open-book rate case.
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Watch what they do, not what they say.
The Commission runs public conferences on data-center guidelines while fast-tracking a binding 1,200-page Entergy-Meta deal that puts 75% of the cost on ratepayers.
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They bore you to death on purpose
Utilities don't win by being sneaky, they win by being boring. The $12.8 million charge Chris found buried in an 800-page filing, and the competition the Commission refused to study.
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Supreme Court chaos proves Louisiana's closed primary must go
With Louisiana's election calendar in chaos, Chris calls on the Legislature to scrap the closed primary and restore the open jungle primary that gave every voter a voice.
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Chris Justin outraises all opponents combined for 2025
Chris reported $87,020.50 raised in 2025, outraising all of his opponents combined, and reaffirmed his pledge to take no utility money.
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Chris Justin continues momentum one month after making the ballot
One month after qualifying, Chris remains the only Independent to make a Louisiana ballot under the new closed primary system, after a drive that knocked more than 13,000 doors.
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Chris Justin to qualify for PSC District 1 as an Independent
A licensed engineer submits more than 1,200 signatures to qualify for Public Service Commission, District 1 as an Independent, pledging zero utility money.