ALL RIGHT, RANDI, THANK YOU. JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS GET TO GRILL ENTERGY ON THE RECORD ON A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES THAT THEY’VE HAD THIS YEAR. THE BOARD ALSO TAKING ACTION, VOTING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HIRE AN AUDITING COMPANY TO MONITOR ENTERGY. WDSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD IS LIVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE GOAL IS TO STOP ALL THE DISRUPTIONS. ARIELLE. WELL, GINA, JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY SAY THEY CONTINUE TO HEAR OVER AND OVER FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT ENTERGY AND THEY SAY AT THIS TIME, IT IS TIME THAT ENTERGY HAS MORE OVERSIGHT. MAKE ENTERGY PAY MORE OF WHAT THEIR UPGRADES, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME OF THEIR PROFIT, MAYBE, AND PUT THAT TOWARDS IT INSTEAD OF KEEP GOING BACK TO THE RATEPAYERS TO PAY FOR THESE FEES. NANCY PIERSON LIVES IN RIVER RIDGE AND SAYS AFTER SEVERAL OUTAGES UNRELATED TO WEATHER, SHE HAS NO IDEA WHY RATEPAYER FEES INCREASE WITH NO IMPROVEMENT OF ENTERGY SERVICE. I DON’T REMEMBER A YEAR LIKE THIS OR A67 MONTH PERIOD LIKE THIS WHERE WE’VE SEEN SO MANY OUTAGES, COUNCILMAN SCOTT WALKER SAYS RECENTLY THERE’S BEEN ABOUT TWO DOZEN POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE PARISH. HE SAYS THOSE OUTAGES LEANING POWER POLES AND INCREASED RATEPAYER FEES MEANS THERE NEEDS TO BE STRICTER REGULATION. ON WEDNESDAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED ON A RESOLUTION TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HIRE A THIRD PARTY AUDITOR FOR ENTERGY. I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY WITH FRESH EYES COMING IN TO LOOK AT THINGS IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD, EVERY TEN YEARS, INSPECTING ALL OF OUR POLES ISN’T MAYBE THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT OUR POLES, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER IN ENTERGY LOUISIANA. REP SAYS EVERY POLE IS PHYSICALLY INSPECTED ONCE EVERY DECADE THROUGH THEIR RESILIENCY PLAN, THEY WILL REPLACE 7300 POWER POLES, PARISH WIDE. WE ALSO HAVE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS THAT OUR PERSONNEL PERFORM SUBSTATION INSPECTIONS, LINE INSPECTIONS, A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON POLE INSPECTIONS, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HAS ALLOCATED 1.9 BILLION TO ENTERGY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY ALSO PLAN TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR ENTERGY AND GIVE CREDITS TO RATEPAYERS. ENTERGY WILL TAKE ON A NEW LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY BY PAYING A FINE BACK TO THE RATEPAYERS FOR ANY FAILURE OF THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, CUSTOMERS SAY, SINCE THEY ONLY HAVE ONE OPTION FOR SERVICE, IT NEEDS TO BE A RELIABLE ONE. I CAN GO TO DISCOUNT ZONE OR I CAN GO TO THE FULL SERVICE GAS STATION. I DON’T HAVE A CHOICE IN ENTERGY. I HAVE TO USE ENTERGY. AND AT THIS TIME IT IS NO DATE SET AS TO WHEN THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WILL HIRE THAT THIRD PARTY AUDITOR. WE DO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS PENALTIES FOR ENTITY, AS WELL AS BILLING CREDITS FOR CUSTOMERS REPORTING IN JEFFE