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News Articles: Georgia Power

From left, Monroe County Commissioner John Ambrose, Commission Chair Greg Tapley and Monroe County resident Charles Grizzard watch as a worker turns on the water service to Grizzard’s house Tuesday. Grizzard was the first resident to get city water in a project inspired by worries about coal ash at Georgia Power’s Plant Scherer.

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  • Environment

New Water Service In Community Worried About Coal Ash

A new water line is up and running at the first home in a middle Georgia town where concerns over water quality fueled support for proposed coal ash legislation last year. 

February 17, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Plant Scherer

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  • Environment

Lawmakers Renew Push To Remove Coal Ash From Unlined Ponds

The fight over the future of Georgia Power’s coal ash ponds has returned to the Gold Dome. And its outcome could influence whether thousands of Georgians will need to worry about groundwater contamination potentially caused by the toxic waste sites.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Max Blau
smart thermometer

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  • Science

COVID-19 Hampers Georgia Power's Efficiency Efforts In 2020

Strict COVID-19 protection measures meant the utility fell far short of its goal to increase energy efficiency.

January 28, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
Plant Scherer

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  • Environment

Sierra Club Report Card Hands Georgia Power's Climate Plan Failing Grades

Georgia’s largest electric public utility and its parent company received failing grades in an advocacy group’s new report sizing up the climate plans of the country’s regulated utilities.

January 26, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Plant Vogtle

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  • Energy

COVID-19 Is Delaying Project Milestones At Plant Vogtle

Georgia Power is putting off some of this year’s milestones in the construction schedule for the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Lauren "Bubba" McDonald

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  • Politics

McDonald reelected to Georgia Public Service Commission

Veteran Georgia Public Service Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald withstood a challenge from Democrat Daniel Blackman Tuesday, winning reelection to a six-year term.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Man standing in front of Plant Mitchell

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  • Environment

Georgia Power's Quiet Land Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Clean Up Costs

Georgia Power paid top dollar to buy land from residents living near waste sites at its power plants. Environmentalists fear it’s a tactic to forestall the cleanup bill from new regulations for coal ash.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Max Blau
Georgia Power logo

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  • Economy

Georgia Power Service Cutoffs Rising Since End Of COVID-19 Moratorium

The number of Georgia Power customers who have had their service disconnected for nonpayment is rising steadily since the state Public Service Commission (PSC) lifted a pandemic-driven temporary moratorium on disconnections in July.

October 19, 2020
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By:
  • Dave Williams
residents protest coal plant

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  • Environment

Georgia Today: Lawsuit Claims Power Plant Tainting Neighbors’ Water Supply

A massive coal plant in Monroe County is being blamed for contaminating the local water supply. Georgia Today host Steve Fennessy talks with freelance journalist Max Blau about a lawsuit by residents who are demanding clean water.

August 07, 2020
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By:
  • Sean Powers and
  • Steve Fennessy
Ash pond in foreground of Plant Scherer

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  • Environment

Lawsuit Says Plant Scherer Is 'Poisoning' Locals

The mass tort lawsuit, filed Wednesday morning in the Superior Court of Fulton County, where Georgia Power is based, claims that coal ash stored in an unlined basin has contaminated the groundwater surrounding the plant site.

July 29, 2020
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By:
  • Max Blau
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Georgia Power Allowed To Bill Customers For COVID-19 Safety Costs

Georgia Power can recover $7.7 million it spent on COVID-19 safety expenses, but drew criticism over the message that it sends when it sticks customers...

July 09, 2020
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  • Stanley Dunlap/The Georgia Recorder
Georgia Power and Atlanta Gas Light are poised to resume shutting off service in July for customers who do not pay their bills following months of abstaining from disconnections during the coronavirus pandemic.

Georgia Power Service Shutoffs To Resume Mid-July

Georgia Power and Atlanta Gas Light are poised to resume shutting off service in July for customers who do not pay their bills following months of...

June 03, 2020
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By:
  • Beau Evans
Georgia Power is partnering with the Salvation Army and the Division of Family and Children Services to help qualifying, low-income households pay their energy bills.

Georgia Power Offers Bill Assistance Programs As Health Crisis Continues

One of Georgia's largest utility companies is offering special programs for people who may be struggling to pay their power bill. Georgia Power is...

April 06, 2020
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By:
  • Taylor Gantt
Georgia Power crews install transmission lines along Ga. Hwy 247 in preparation for an electrical substation that will power industrial airfield facilities and associate units.

Georgia Power, Other Companies Suspend Disconnections Amidst COVID-19 Concerns

As many Georgians prepare to work and study from home as schools and offices close to prevent the spread of coronavirus, several companies are taking...

March 16, 2020
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By:
  • Taylor Gantt
Fletcher Sams, right, explains to Gloria Hammond of Juliette, Ga. that the water in her well tests many times over the California limit for hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen and constituent of coal ash.

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  • Environment

People Get Answers To What's In Their Water As Clock Ticks On Coal Ash Bills

It was late on a rainy night when Fletcher Sams of the Altamaha Riverkeeper guided his truck down a long muddy road to Ken and Dorothy Krakow’s home on...

March 11, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
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