Louisiana politics are dominated by corporate interests.
Including monopoly utilities. These companies make their money by finding every way possible to raise your monthly bills, including by using those dollars you pay each month to bankroll the campaigns of politicians who will gladly return the favor when they take power.
Consumers First PAC is fighting back.
We support candidates that are committed to making the policy changes necessary to put an end to that corruption, while bringing down costs and raising standards of living for working Louisianans.
A Champion for Affordable and Reliable Utilities
- Refuses utility money
- Engineer
- Small business owner
- Former PSC consultant
Chris Justin is an engineer and small business owner with deep roots in Southeast Louisiana—not a Baton Rouge politician like Stephanie Hilferty.
While working as a consultant for the Public Service Commission (PSC), Chris Justin saw firsthand how commissioners have consistently put industrial and monopoly utility company profits ahead of ensuring that Louisiana families and businesses have reliable and affordable electricity.
That’s why Chris Justin refuses to take utility money and why, as Commissioner, he will root out corruption, make sure that families and small businesses don’t pay to power data centers, and put Louisiana ratepayers first.
Putting Louisiana Families Over Data Center Profits
The PSC is the state’s regulatory authority that decides how much monopoly utility companies can charge customers, how much profit those companies are allowed to make, how they invest in grid maintenance and reliability, and whether new power plants and transmission lines get built.
That means they’ll decide how much monopoly utility companies like Entergy can charge us to power the massive data centers being built all over the state, and whether Louisianians will be on the hook to pay higher utility bills that subsidize electricity for some of the richest corporations in the world.
Chris Justin will stand up to Meta and the other big tech companies to make sure that Louisiana families and small businesses don’t pay higher bills to power data centers.
Follow the Money: Monopoly Utilities Shouldn’t Bankroll Politicians
Over half of Stephanie Hilferty’s campaign donations come from the companies that the PSC is supposed to regulate, like Entergy.
Unlike Hilferty, Chris Justin refuses to take campaign money from the monopoly utility companies he would regulate because he believes commissioners should work for people, not the companies raising their bills.
Justin will be an independent watchdog who puts Louisiana families ahead of monopoly utility companies and data center profits. Hilferty will continue the PSC’s current approach of giving the utilities a free pass to put profits ahead of reliability and affordability.
A Vote for Hilferty Is a Vote for the Status Quo
Tech giants like Meta and Amazon are taking advantage of corporate handouts to build data centers across Louisiana, and Hilferty voted to give these billion-dollar companies huge taxpayer-funded giveaways. She’ll continue the PSC’s policies that put data centers first while leaving Louisianans on the hook for higher utility bills.
Electric utilities are supposed to spend 10% of ratepayer money on maintenance to keep the grid reliable, and Hilferty will continue the PSC’s policy of allowing the monopoly utility companies to keep that money as profit instead of spending it on maintenance.
Chris Justin: The Only Serious Opponent to Hilferty
Connie Norris is not running a serious or viable campaign. Her campaign has reported less than $150 in campaign contributions, and she has loaned her campaign tens of thousands of dollars.
Louisianans need to be realistic—a vote for Norris means helping elect yet another establishment Baton Rouge politician who will continue the PSC’s policy of being a rubber stamp for monopoly utility companies.
If we want a change at the PSC, the only real option is Chris Justin, who is running to hold utilities accountable and put ratepayers first.