The NRC is currently reviewing plans to build two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro. Southern Nuclear Operating Company is also considering the possibility of building more reactors, but hasn't decided where. (Photo courtesy of Plant Vogtle)
The company operates Plant Vogtle, a power plant near Waynesboro, where there are already two reactors and where two more are currently under consideration by the NRC. They say they're reviewing various data, such as potential demand for electricity.
Georgia Power, a majority owner of the plant, earlier this year scored with lawmakers when the Georgia legislature approved a controversial rate increase for the reactors at Plant Vogtle. Ratepayers would start paying for the reactors before construction is completed. Georgia Power had argued the increased rates would save money. Opponents argued that the law could potentially mean that ratepayers may be stuck with higher rates whether construction of the reactors is ever completed or not.
But that legislation isn't limited to Vogtle. It allows for similar rate increases for future reactors.
