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Plant Vogtle expansion receives support from Georgia’s energy regulators

Georgia regulators are doubling down on their support for the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project, signalling their support in a meeting earlier this week. The project’s main contractor — Westinghouse Electric, a subsidiary of Japanese-based Toshiba Corporation — declared bankruptcy earlier this year causing uncertainty for both Plant Vogtle and another nuclear reactor project in South Carolina. Both projects represented the first new nuclear reactors being built in this country in more than two decades.

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Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle debacle worsens

The main contractor building the two new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle has declared bankruptcy, causing more problems for a project already several years behind schedule and billions over budget. Westinghouse Electric, the contractor, has been continuing work on the project thanks to temporary extensions negotiated with Georgia Power. The latest one expired on June 9. While Georgia Power assess their options, the Georgia Public Service Commission has begun to evaluate whether or not