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Mon., January 7, 2013 7:02am
Last year was the first year in Southern Company’s 100 year history that the company used more natural gas than coal to generate electricity. But while natural gas is cheap and plentiful, the company isn’t willing to convert all its plants to natural gas.
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Mon., December 17, 2012 2:21pm
Georgia road-builders could start using a paving material made of coal ash from electric plants if a Southeast Georgia test project goes the way one utility wants. The Jacksonville energy company JEA is paving a private dirt road along the St. Mary's River in Georgia's Charlton County. Environmentalists say they can't think of a worse place to test a material that comes from coal and oil byproduct.
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Mon., October 15, 2012 5:00am
A shortfall in the Tennessee Valley Authority's pension fund is affecting electric ratepayers.
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Mon., December 5, 2011 9:50am
New study finds Georgia's power grid is in good shape. State's diverse power sources are part of its strength. Study by the North Americian Reliability Corporation looks at several key issues.
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Mon., November 28, 2011 4:31pm
Tourism and retail spending are boosting Savannah's economy, but those are the only positive signs in a third quarter economic report. Armstrong Atlantic State University's Center for Regional Analysis released its quarterly forecast this week. Center director Michael Toma says, out of seven economic trends the forecast tracks, only hotel stays and retail recepts posted gains.
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Wed., November 23, 2011 6:41am
A company says it will build a renewable energy electric generation plant in Twiggs County, creating about 150 jobs. WGS Energy Group LLC President and CEO Bret Warren says the plant will be the first of its kind, utilizing technology that reduces most emissions to undetectable levels.
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Wed., July 7, 2010 7:57am
Georgia Power has received permission to build solar collectors around the state big enough to supply 1,000 homes with electricity.
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Fri., November 6, 2009 6:52pm
Some state business leaders warned lawmakers at a meeting Friday that Georg
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Wed., October 14, 2009 1:56pm
Georgia's Electric Membership Cooperatives have a 70-year history of extend
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Tue., August 25, 2009 7:22pm
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued a draft permit for
