The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has updated its protected species list for the first time since 2006, adding nearly 90 species that face challenges to survival. At least eight species — a snail, a wildflower, three fish, a butterfly, firefly and a bat — are among those found in Middle Georgia proposed for new or updated protections.
The Georgia Public Service Commission voted Thursday to approve, without changes, an agreement between Georgia Power and the PSC’s Public Interest Advocacy staff that establishes how the utility can bill customers for fuel costs and storm damage restoration expenses.
Georgia’s growing electricity demand is driving another major natural gas expansion, with Oglethorpe Power breaking ground Thursday on a $3.3 billion natural gas power plant in Monroe County.
Georgia College & State University students are studying a species the Department of Natural Resources has listed as a “greatest conservation need,” as part of a state-funded effort to understand its decline.
Georgia Power is preparing to dispose of more than two million tons of toxic coal ash currently stored in ponds at Plant Arkwright in Macon, the power company announced to neighbors of the plant Feb. 18 during an informational session.
