Today the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve Georgia Power’s proposed $870 million rate increase on its 2.1 million customers statewide. Based on today’s action, residential customers could […]
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GA Power: Here doesn’t come the sun
“The coal phase hopefully is aging. Utilities are in the midst of deciding how to reinvest in America’s future,” said Gunning. The question is exactly what to invest in for our future.
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Solar energy town hall tonight
The Sierra Club and Georgia Public Service Commission will host a town hall-style meeting tonight about Georgia Power’s controversial 2013 Integrated Resource Plan, the company’s twenty year energy plan for […]
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GA Power gives Telfair HUGE check, literally
Georgia Power vice president Cathy Hill presented the Telfair Museums with a check for $25,000 to support free family programming at the Jepson Center. Family Days are offered one Saturday […]
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Take a hike
The Public Service Commission (PSC), a panel of elected officials charged with regulating Georgia’s utility and telecommunications companies, paid a visit to Savannah last week for a public hearing on […]
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Nuclear bailout, part three: No guarantees
This is the third and final installment of a series exploring the financial impact of expanding the nuclear facility Plant Vogtle. The first piece looked at the federal tax dollars […]
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Nuclear bailout, part two: the price of power
This is the second part of a series investigating the financial and environmental implications of the Plant Vogtle expansion. The first part of the series discussed how federal tax dollars […]
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Nuclear bailout
This is the first part in a series investigating the financial and environmental impacts of the expansion of nuclear facilities at Plant Vogtle. While utility companies in Georgia, Florida, South […]
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Money is power
Last week representatives from Georgia Power met with members of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) in a hearing to decide whether the utility company’s customers would pay almost seven […]