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News Articles: Energy

The Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, operates Monday, April 14, 2025, in Cheshire, Ohio.

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  • Climate

Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants

The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.

June 11, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Climate solutions for reducing home energy use can be extremely simple — and sometimes even free, says Dorit Aviv, assistant professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Climate

5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy

Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.

June 09, 2025
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By:
  • Julia Simon
Voters line up at the Rose Creek Public Library in Woodstock for the first day of early voting. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Early voting is underway for Georgia PSC races. Here’s what you need to know

For the first time since 2020, Georgia voters have a chance to decide who will represent them on the Public Service Commission.

June 03, 2025
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By:
  • Amber Roldan and
  • Georgia Recorder
A man dressed in a sun costume points at a solar panel as though he's powering it.

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  • News

'We drove them here.' Fulton County partners with Georgia company on solar panel expansion project

Fulton County is focusing on sustainable energy as a way to save money and decrease emissions.

June 02, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
The five member Georgia Public Service Commission during the start of public hearings on Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday, May 27 in Atlanta.

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  • Environment

Staff for state regulators say they doubt Georgia Power's energy demand predictions

Georgia Power tells state regulators that booming data centers mean it can't quit coal. The regulators' own staff say the numbers don't add up.

May 27, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
PSC presser

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  • News

Kemp supports energy rate freeze at state Capitol event Wednesday

Gov. Brian Kemp is throwing his support behind Georgia Power's energy rate freeze in the state.

May 21, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Units 1 and 2 of Georgia Power’s Plant Volte nuclear power plant, background, and one of the new new cooling towers brought online in 2024, foreground.

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  • Energy

Georgia Power agrees to hold rates steady, but that doesn't include hurricane recovery costs

Georgia Power announced on Monday that it has agreed to a plan with regulatory staff to hold base power rates steady through the end of 2028. But customer bills could still rise in 2026.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • Grant Blankenship
Lindsey Williamson learned about efficient heat pump water heaters on a home improvement television show. However, "My main problem was finding somebody locally who could actually install what I was looking for," Williamson says.

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  • Climate

Need help switching appliances from gas to electric? A 'coach' can help

Government incentives for climate-friendly upgrades are confusing to navigate, and it can be hard to find businesses that sell them. So a new industry is emerging to help: the decarbonization coach.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Georgia Power hosted company and project leaders, as well as state and local elected officials, for a groundbreaking ceremony at the BESS location in Floyd County on April 18, 2025. Georgia Power

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  • News

Georgia Power builds four new battery storage facilities. One’s in Bibb County.

Construction is underway at four new battery energy storage system sites located across Georgia, including one in Bibb County, totaling 765 megawatts of power.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Margaret Walker and
  • The Telegraph
An Energy Star logo is displayed on a box for a freezer Jan. 21, 2025, in Evendale, Ohio.

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  • Business

Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on bills, consumer and environmental groups said.

May 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Wind turbines of South Fork Wind are seen off the coast of Block Island, R.I., on Oct. 9, 2024.

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  • Energy

States sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy

Attorneys general from 17 states and D.C. are challenging an executive order Trump signed on his first day in office pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy projects.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People try to board a crowded bus Monday after the subway stopped running during a power outage in Lisbon, Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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  • Europe

A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, disabling their capitals

Subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights, ATM machines and more were knocked offline in the two countries and parts of France around midday Monday.

April 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Patty Durand testifies at the PSC. Credit: Youtube screen shot.

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  • Energy

Nonprofit forms to keep eye on Georgia utilities

Georgia Utility Watch advocates for ‘fair rates, transparent practices and accountable leadership.'

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
A stock image of a data center

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  • Politics

Delayed PSC races heat up as candidates take aim at Georgia Power rate hikes, data center growth

Several candidates are vying to defeat a pair of incumbent Republican Georgia Public Service commissioners in an election that challengers say will become a referendum on rising Georgia Power bills.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap and
  • Georgia Recorder
Sierra Club of Georgia community activist Keyanna Jones Moore leads a group of demonstrators outside Tuesday’s Georgia Public Service Commission meeting about Georgia Power’s controversial energy roadmap. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder.

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  • News

Georgia Power rolls out new long-term plan, red carpet for more data centers

A panel of Georgia Power representatives testified for eight hours at Tuesday’s Public Service Commission hearing about its controversial roadmap for meeting large-scale, data center-driven energy demands over the next decade.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
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