Resilience New Orleans, a new 501(c)(4) organization in New Orleans, led by energy expert and consumer advocate Casey DeMoss, engaged HedgeRow Analysis, LLC to quantify the investments in grid resilience in communities experiencing energy vulnerability and estimate the benefits these communities should receive as a result.

“Based on our research, it is clear that all New Orleans residents stand to benefit from Entergy New Orleans (ENO) resilience investments. HedgeRow’s analysis, using only publicly available data, indicates that a significant portion of those benefits will flow to those experiencing financial, medical, food, or other social vulnerabilities. Higher per capita investments will be made in neighborhoods with a greater percentage of these energy vulnerable populations, and these residents will receive more benefits per capita as a result,” the report states.

Reduced duration and frequency of outages should reduce food loss impacts on food insecure populations and allow SNAP authorized grocery stores to remain open after storms. Increased resilience to storm damage should increase the number urgent care clinics, dialysis centers, and nursing homes to maintain operation, and reduce strain and financial impacts on the chronically
and acutely ill. Likewise, the decreased length of outages should benefit those that require electricity-dependent durable medical equipment and reduce hospitalizations and evacuations.

A. Key Findings
• Preliminary analysis of the $1.0 billion investment level indicates… read the full report here.