Entergy starts work on $869M St Charles Parish power plant

MONTZ - Entergy says an $869 million power plant it's building in St. Charles Parish will be one of its cleanest, with carbon dioxide emissions 40 percent lower than those from its current gas-fired plants.Gov. John Bel Edwards was among speakers at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a "combined-cycle" gas power plant in Montz. Such plants use waste heat from a gas turbine to power a steam turbine, which also generates power.Edwards said Louisiana's economy depends on dependable, affordable e