Matt McBride
@mcbride-matt.bsky.social
#nola freelance reporter
@helenamorenola.com just said at the State Bond Commission that she anticipates coming back in a few months for another short term revenue anticipation bond, though she does not expect it to be as large as the one being considered today ($125 million).
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@helenamorenola.com just said at the State Bond Commission that she anticipates coming back in a few months for another short term revenue anticipation bond, though she does not expect it to be as large as the one being considered today ($125 million).
"Neutral ground parking allowed" message from nolaready issued after severe thunderstorm was already on top of New Orleans, and just minutes prior to flash flood warning. This happens so, so often.
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Neutral ground parking allowed" message from nolaready issued after severe thunderstorm was already on top of New Orleans, and just minutes prior to flash flood warning. This happens so, so often.
No real reason to worry about drainage by S&WB pumps and power assets, especially when the last update - two days ago - said they were mainly relying on hugely unreliable T4, EMDs and frequency changers.
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
No real reason to worry about drainage by S&WB pumps and power assets, especially when the last update - two days ago - said they were mainly relying on hugely unreliable T4, EMDs and frequency changers.
Over $300 million spent by
Sewerage & Water Board to supposedly make New Orleans' drainage pump power more reliable, but since a rainstorm is coming in during non-business hours, the most the public finds out is "It's off," on Friday afternoon. Then radio silence.
Sewerage & Water Board to supposedly make New Orleans' drainage pump power more reliable, but since a rainstorm is coming in during non-business hours, the most the public finds out is "It's off," on Friday afternoon. Then radio silence.
October 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Over $300 million spent by
Sewerage & Water Board to supposedly make New Orleans' drainage pump power more reliable, but since a rainstorm is coming in during non-business hours, the most the public finds out is "It's off," on Friday afternoon. Then radio silence.
Sewerage & Water Board to supposedly make New Orleans' drainage pump power more reliable, but since a rainstorm is coming in during non-business hours, the most the public finds out is "It's off," on Friday afternoon. Then radio silence.
This is the exact opposite of why the S&WB power complex was put in. There's bad weather moving into New Orleans this weekend, the complex ("SFC1"= new Static Frequency Converter 1) is offline during its "reliability test," rickety T4 has been turned on, and T5 remains down.
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is the exact opposite of why the S&WB power complex was put in. There's bad weather moving into New Orleans this weekend, the complex ("SFC1"= new Static Frequency Converter 1) is offline during its "reliability test," rickety T4 has been turned on, and T5 remains down.
If the City of New Orleans is having to take out a $100 million line of credit because, in part, FEMA reimbursements have slowed or stopped, @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social might want to ask Sewerage & Water Board how their FEMA reimbursements are going (1/x) bsky.app/profile/wwlt...
Councilmembers called an emergency budget meeting for Wednesday to discuss gap financing. https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/orleans/mayors-office-responds-to-looming-payroll-problems/289-512aaa5b-9df6-457f-bc9c-ee21ebd4f3db?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
Mayor's Office responds to looming payroll problems
Councilmembers called an emergency budget meeting for Wednesday to discuss gap financing.
www.wwltv.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If the City of New Orleans is having to take out a $100 million line of credit because, in part, FEMA reimbursements have slowed or stopped, @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social might want to ask Sewerage & Water Board how their FEMA reimbursements are going (1/x) bsky.app/profile/wwlt...
The Sewerage & Water Board power complex is now online. They barely announced it in a tiny note on their power dashboard yesterday: "[We] have another 22MW of [25 cycle] power from SFC1 that is being used as part of a 30-day reliability testing period." (1/6)
September 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Sewerage & Water Board power complex is now online. They barely announced it in a tiny note on their power dashboard yesterday: "[We] have another 22MW of [25 cycle] power from SFC1 that is being used as part of a 30-day reliability testing period." (1/6)
Portland at war
September 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Portland at war
The S&WB said this nearly 3 weeks ago. It was in their September 2, 2025 press release:
www.swbno.org/PressRelease...
www.swbno.org/PressRelease...
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The S&WB said this nearly 3 weeks ago. It was in their September 2, 2025 press release:
www.swbno.org/PressRelease...
www.swbno.org/PressRelease...
THIS right here is the ONLY video you need to watch to understand the recovery of New Orleans post-Katrina. youtu.be/UOGlLehx7sg?...
Where Y'at, New Orleans?
YouTube video by endlessjoe
youtu.be
August 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
THIS right here is the ONLY video you need to watch to understand the recovery of New Orleans post-Katrina. youtu.be/UOGlLehx7sg?...
Katrina is going to be everywhere this week, with lots of people offering their takes on things. I'm going to stay in my lane and ask: What about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers? (1/x)
August 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Katrina is going to be everywhere this week, with lots of people offering their takes on things. I'm going to stay in my lane and ask: What about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers? (1/x)
Pressing "Cancel" on your Microsoft 365 subscription reveals a version with no AI ("Classic" is what they call it) which is $10 cheaper.
Reminder that you can save big cashish by calling and threatening to cancel services: my mom got $40/month off her internet service for three years with a five-minute phone call.
August 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Pressing "Cancel" on your Microsoft 365 subscription reveals a version with no AI ("Classic" is what they call it) which is $10 cheaper.
Heads up @nolautilities.bsky.social @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social
@jpmorrell.bsky.social
@helenamorenola.com
Loss of T5, hours-long T4 startups, & ongoing West Power Complex delays mean S&WB water and drainage is mostly being run off @entergy.com distribution power. Bigger risks during popup storms.
@jpmorrell.bsky.social
@helenamorenola.com
Loss of T5, hours-long T4 startups, & ongoing West Power Complex delays mean S&WB water and drainage is mostly being run off @entergy.com distribution power. Bigger risks during popup storms.
Turbine 5 (T5) at the Sewerage & Water Board Carrollton Plant was declared down yesterday for at least two weeks at the height of hurricane season, which is very bad for drainage. The outage also puts the city's water system at higher risk, which S&WB did not mention. (1/x)
August 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Heads up @nolautilities.bsky.social @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social
@jpmorrell.bsky.social
@helenamorenola.com
Loss of T5, hours-long T4 startups, & ongoing West Power Complex delays mean S&WB water and drainage is mostly being run off @entergy.com distribution power. Bigger risks during popup storms.
@jpmorrell.bsky.social
@helenamorenola.com
Loss of T5, hours-long T4 startups, & ongoing West Power Complex delays mean S&WB water and drainage is mostly being run off @entergy.com distribution power. Bigger risks during popup storms.
Turbine 5 (T5) at the Sewerage & Water Board Carrollton Plant was declared down yesterday for at least two weeks at the height of hurricane season, which is very bad for drainage. The outage also puts the city's water system at higher risk, which S&WB did not mention. (1/x)
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Turbine 5 (T5) at the Sewerage & Water Board Carrollton Plant was declared down yesterday for at least two weeks at the height of hurricane season, which is very bad for drainage. The outage also puts the city's water system at higher risk, which S&WB did not mention. (1/x)
Reminder: Sewerage & Water Board claimed to @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social on July 21 they would start their 30 day reliability test of delivering Entergy power through their new power complex (specifically through static frequency converter 1, or "SFC-1") to pumps in "mid August." That's now.
August 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reminder: Sewerage & Water Board claimed to @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social on July 21 they would start their 30 day reliability test of delivering Entergy power through their new power complex (specifically through static frequency converter 1, or "SFC-1") to pumps in "mid August." That's now.
The sections of the New Orleans City Charter related to a mayor either pleading guilty to federal or state felony charges, or being found guilty.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The sections of the New Orleans City Charter related to a mayor either pleading guilty to federal or state felony charges, or being found guilty.
library.municode.com/la/new_orlea...
library.municode.com/la/new_orlea...
On their third try today, S&WB finally matched their pumping and power dashboard to the information about pumping and power told by S&WB leadership to the @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social
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July 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
On their third try today, S&WB finally matched their pumping and power dashboard to the information about pumping and power told by S&WB leadership to the @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social
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BREAKING: It seems S&WB is discovering pumps down even since this morning. Their available pump total is now down to 84 of 93, with the announcement by Gen'l Superintendent Steve Nelson at the @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social meeting that Pump F at drainage pumping station 1 in Broadmoor is down. (1/9)
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BREAKING: It seems S&WB is discovering pumps down even since this morning. Their available pump total is now down to 84 of 93, with the announcement by Gen'l Superintendent Steve Nelson at the @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social meeting that Pump F at drainage pumping station 1 in Broadmoor is down. (1/9)
Very soon after I posted this thread, S&WB updated their pumping dashboard, but with a backdated update. They put a date of 7/18/25 as if it has been there the whole time, but it only went up a few minutes ago. (1/2)
July 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Very soon after I posted this thread, S&WB updated their pumping dashboard, but with a backdated update. They put a date of 7/18/25 as if it has been there the whole time, but it only went up a few minutes ago. (1/2)
S&WB will be presenting to @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social today. Their slide deck has changed in a tiny but vital way - it reveals that drainage capacity in most of Algiers is now down to half. (1/15)🧵
July 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
S&WB will be presenting to @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social today. Their slide deck has changed in a tiny but vital way - it reveals that drainage capacity in most of Algiers is now down to half. (1/15)🧵
Finally, S&WB has treated its customer base with respect and put out a ton of information about their systems ahead of tonight's rain. But it's doubtful most people will see it today, so I will hit the highlights. (1/22)🧵
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Finally, S&WB has treated its customer base with respect and put out a ton of information about their systems ahead of tonight's rain. But it's doubtful most people will see it today, so I will hit the highlights. (1/22)🧵
Last Friday, S&WB announced that startup of the first component of the new power complex, static frequency converter 1 ("SFC-1") was being pushed back to August. Also, the other two SFC's were delayed to Oct and new turbine T7 to Nov. I wrote about it that day. (1/13)
x.com/Matthew67052...
x.com/Matthew67052...
Matt McBride on X: "In what is likely surprising to no one, startup of the new @SWBNewOrleans power complex has been significantly delayed. It will no longer be ready by the peak of hurricane season 2025. (1/17) https://t.co/7Q7Qu83uTa" / X
In what is likely surprising to no one, startup of the new @SWBNewOrleans power complex has been significantly delayed. It will no longer be ready by the peak of hurricane season 2025. (1/17) https://t.co/7Q7Qu83uTa
x.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Last Friday, S&WB announced that startup of the first component of the new power complex, static frequency converter 1 ("SFC-1") was being pushed back to August. Also, the other two SFC's were delayed to Oct and new turbine T7 to Nov. I wrote about it that day. (1/13)
x.com/Matthew67052...
x.com/Matthew67052...
And this:
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
July 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
And this:
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
Many thanks to @thelensnola.bsky.social for publishing my latest piece, in which I detail how a former S&WB member with a raft of state ethics violations - and an uncle on the U.S. Supreme Court - nearly got back on to S&WB yesterday, and still might.
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
Mayor pulls nomination for ethics-plagued former Sewerage & Water Board member, pledges to reappoint at later date | The Lens
Kimberly Thomas, who served a decade ago on the S&WB, was given nod by a council committee last week and was slated for Council approval on Thursday
thelensnola.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Many thanks to @thelensnola.bsky.social for publishing my latest piece, in which I detail how a former S&WB member with a raft of state ethics violations - and an uncle on the U.S. Supreme Court - nearly got back on to S&WB yesterday, and still might.
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/m...
It appears S&WB took notice of the public concern about Turbine 6 today. They slightly updated their power dashboard, providing a supposed date for the turbine's return to service: July 25. But there's still lots of questions. (1/4)
July 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It appears S&WB took notice of the public concern about Turbine 6 today. They slightly updated their power dashboard, providing a supposed date for the turbine's return to service: July 25. But there's still lots of questions. (1/4)