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Oct 13, 2026
Episode 305: What If New Orleans Businesses Could Help Power the City?
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7:45Kim SingletaryHOST
power outages, how does this work? And how is it something that attaches to your roof? Is it like how big of a thing is it? Is it and then how is this all going to work? Is this something where is it kind of like first come first serve? Is it how does this how is this going to work out?
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8:06Garreth JohnsonGUEST
And the reason why many folks don't have batteries currently is because it's price prohibitive.
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8:14Garreth JohnsonGUEST
And so that was part of where the settlement was coming from, to help direct those monies for low and moderate income families to receive them at very little cost, if at all, zero cost, by combining some federal tax credits as well.
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8:33Garreth JohnsonGUEST
And then there's about a $4,000 charge for those folks who aren't in that income bracket.
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8:42Garreth JohnsonGUEST
And if you compare that to a cost of a home generator, you're looking at anywhere between $5,000 to $15,000.
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14:00Kim SingletaryHOST
What was the biggest obstacle you encountered, and I say you as in together New Orleans and Alliance, in making this happen? Because this is something that was a couple of years of work.