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News Articles: Georgia Power

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a press event at the construction site of Vogtle Units 3 and 4 at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, March 22, 2019 in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power Co.’s parent company announced more cost overruns and schedule delays to the project on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.

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Georgia nuclear plant's cost now forecast to top $30 billion

A nuclear power plant being built in Georgia is now projected to cost its owners more than $30 billion. A financial report from one of the owners on Friday pushed the cost of Plant Vogtle near Augusta to a forecast cost of $30.34 billion.

May 09, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Juliette residents speak at State Capitol

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Juliette residents tap into new county water line, but coal ash concerns remain

When it closes, Plant Scherer will leave behind about 16 million tons of toxic coal ash, which is the waste generated when coal is burned to produce energy. The plant is one of four Georgia Power sites where coal ash is poised to be left in unlined pits where it is in contact with groundwater.

May 09, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Plant Scherer Coal ash poind

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Georgia Power exec: Closing coal ash ponds will still leave contaminated groundwater

Four coal ash ponds Georgia Power plans to close in place will continue to expose ash to groundwater after the closures are completed, an executive with the utility disclosed this week.

April 08, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Plant Vogtle

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State senator pitches lower-cost financing for Plant Vogtle expansion

Allowing Georgia Power to finance the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion and other large projects through ratepayer-backed bonds could save customers hundreds of millions of dollars, supporters told a state Senate committee Tuesday.

February 23, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a press event at the construction site of Vogtle Units 3 and 4 at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, March 22, 2019 in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power Co.’s parent company announced more cost overruns and schedule delays to the project on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.

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$30B Georgia Power nuclear plant delayed up to 6 more months

Georgia Power Co. now says that the first of two nuclear reactors it's building at Plant Vogtle near Augusta might not begin generating electricity until as late as March 2023. With overruns announced Thursday, the project will cost its owners nearly $30 billion.

February 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Plant Bowen

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Georgia Power plans to finish shift from coal-fired plants by 2035

Georgia Power plans to power down the last of its coal-fired plants by 2035, when Plant Bowen in northwest Georgia is poised to close, according to long-term planning documents the company filed Monday.

February 01, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Plant Scherer in Juliette

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Georgia Power plan confirms move from coal to renewables

Georgia Power Co. could shut down all but one of its coal-fired power plants by 2029 under a new plan filed with the state Public Service Commission. The document says Georgia Power would close down all of its coal plants by the end of 2028 except for two mammoth units at Plant Bowen in Cartersville.

February 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Plant Scherer in Juliette

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State coal ash cleanup process unsettled after new federal EPA directive

Georgia’s top environmental regulator says his agency is adjusting to what he called the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “new interpretation” of an Obama-era coal ash disposal rule.

January 31, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Plant Scherer

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How a powerful company convinced Georgia to let it bury toxic waste in groundwater

For the past several years, Georgia Power has gone to great lengths to skirt the federal rule requiring coal-fired power plants to safely dispose of massive amounts of toxic waste they produced.

January 20, 2022
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  • Max Blau
The coal ash pond, foreground, where waste from Georgia Power's coal fired Plant Scherer is stored. The EPA said it will not allow coal ash to be stored in contact with groundwater as it is now at Plant Scherer.

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  • Environment

New EPA action could mean big changes for Georgia coal ash storage

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is taking a stronger role in keeping coal ash, the toxic material left over from burning coal to make electricity, away from groundwater. 

January 12, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Plant Scherer in Monroe County

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Sierra Club appealing coal ash ruling to Georgia Supreme Court

Georgia Power plans to excavate and remove the ash from 19 ponds and close the other 10 ponds in place. Lawyers for the Sierra Club have argued the PSC failed to take into account Georgia Power’s culpability in creating the coal ash problem to begin with, and thus should not be allowed to pass all of those costs onto customers. 

December 08, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Unit 3 Plant Vogtle

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Plant Vogtle project hits another delay

Recently discovered “construction quality” issues mean the first of two new nuclear reactors being built at the plant south of Augusta may not be completed before February 2023.

December 03, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
a large solar farm as seen from a highway overpass

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Georgians Seeking Rooftop Solar Face Higher Bills As Georgia Power Program Maxes Out

It’s getting more urgent than ever to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to minimize the devastation of climate change, according to a landmark report last week. And solar panels are cheaper than ever. But for Georgia Power customers, it’s not quite that simple. Most still need to get some of their electricity from the utility, and a program that made that mix of power sources affordable has just filled up.

August 20, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Plant Scherer

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  • Environment

State Regulators Poised To Set Georgia Power's Toxic Coal Ash Storage Legacy

Here in Georgia, the state Environmental Protection Division has issued the first proposed permit allowing Georgia Power to press forward with plans to leave more than 1 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pit at Floyd County’s Plant Hammond near the Coosa River.

August 09, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
A proposed new law would generate more solar power from Georgia rooftops

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Public Service Commission To Consider Rooftop Solar Power Limits

Georgia Power is nearing its limit on residential solar panels. Environmental groups want to expand the program.

June 30, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
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