Over the objections of many residents and the recommendation of its own planning and zoning board, city leaders in Forsyth approved a rezoning of a swath of timberland for a hyperscale data center.
Fulton County prosecutors will not move ahead with felony charges against an environmental advocate Patty Durand who took a Georgia Power notebook of what it called trade secrets during a regulatory hearing last year.
The Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously approved an unprecedented addition of nearly 10 gigawatts to Georgia Power’s ability to make electricity for data centers, a move decried before and after by environmental advocates.
The second of three new Mitsubishi Power natural gas turbines has arrived at Plant Yates in Coweta County, Georgia Power announced Monday in a news release.
Two reports by professional staff working for Georgia’s Public Service Commission say Georgia Power is vastly overestimating its need for new generation capacity due to the growth in data centers and that customer bills could rise because of that.
The first of three new Mitsubishi Power natural gas turbines has arrived at Plant Yates in Coweta County, Georgia Power announced Friday in a news release.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rollback of some rules around the management of so-called coal ash, the toxic material left after burning coal to generate electricity.
Republican Tim Echols has won renomination to the Georgia Public Service Commission in a primary election. Democrats Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard appear headed to a July 15 runoff in mostly complete returns.
Georgia Power and Mitsubishi Power have successfully completed a second trial blending hydrogen and natural gas fuels at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Smyrna.
