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PSC continues to give Georgia Power the green light

The PSC continues to give Georgia Power the green light on Plant Vogtle. Georgia Power will rake in billions of dollars in profit because the PSC continues to allow the company to finance their failures on the backs of ratepayers. All of this despite many critics of Plant Votgle saying Georgia doesn’t even need more nuclear power. Southern Company, one of the largest energy providers in the country, gave its CEO a 34 percent raise

February 8, 2018 1:25 pm
Clean Water

One year later: Coal Ash disposal still a concern for environmental activists

A year and a half ago, Georgia Power announced they would close ALL of their toxic coal ash ponds in Georgia. But environmentalist continue to be concerned about the lack of regulation and transparency with the process. Coal ash, also called coal combustion residuals or CCR, is the waste byproduct from coal-fired power plants. It is a powdery residue that contains heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium and mercury that can leach into the local environment.

February 4, 2018 6:27 pm
Plant Vogtle

New proposal would force Georgia Power to pay for Plant Vogtle

A new proposal, SB355, which boasts bipartisan support, would prevent utilities from collecting finance fees for a project beyond its initial completion date. This would be a huge blow to Georgia Power whose Plant Vogtle project is five years past schedule and $22 billion over budget. This bill would shift the cost burden for the Plant Vogtle disaster back on Georgia Power. Ratepayers shouldn’t have to shoulder the cost of a project like Plant Vogtle,

January 30, 2018 10:45 am
Environment

Public Service Commissioners are trying to buy your vote

After years of allowing Georgia Power to swindle its ratepayers to fund the Plant Vogtle disaster, the Public Service Commissioner is making the corporation send three $25 refunds to their ratepayers, right before the PSC’s 2018 elections. The motion to approve continued investment in the nuclear project, authored by Tim Echols, includes this command: “The Company will take a portion of the amounts received from the Toshiba Parent Guaranty and credit each customer with three

December 29, 2017 8:22 am
Environment

Outraged by Plant Vogtle debacle? Let’s replace Ga. Public Service commissioners

Last week, Georgia’s Public Service Commission, a group made up of five white, male Republicans, voted unanimously to continue the construction of two nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle, which is billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. With this vote, they’ve also agreed to continue to force ratepayers to pay for the additional costs resulting from Georgia Power’s mismanagement of the project. In fact, we should expect to start paying even

December 28, 2017 12:35 pm
Energy

Ga. Power gets green light at Vogtle, after leaving airport in the dark

From The AJC: “Georgia’s Public Service Commission has voted unanimously to allow continued construction of two nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s embattled Plant Vogtle, which is billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule.” The PSC has once again shown voters that they will always side with corporate greed over working Georgians. Fortunately, two commissioners are up for re-election in 2018. On a related note, The Atlanta Hartsfield Airport power outage hit about 1

December 21, 2017 12:20 pm
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