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News Articles: Plant Vogtle

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
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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
Aerial view of Plant Vogtle

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What ratepayers should know about the Plant Vogtle expansion

If you feel like you keep reading the same story about the expansion of Plant Vogtle, the only new nuclear power under construction in the U.S., you’re not exactly wrong.

January 06, 2022
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  • Mary Landers
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
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As Vogtle's Costs Rise, Changes Near For Reviewing Project's Runaway Expenses

 

State regulators will consider signing off Tuesday on a plan marking a significant shift in how cost overruns are handled for Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle expansion, which is already billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. 

August 17, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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Plant Vogtle Monitors Predict More Nuclear Plant Expansion Delays

Plant Vogtle’s first new nuclear reactor may not start producing energy for Georgia consumers until at least next June, which would be a longer delay than Georgia Power predicted just last month.

June 09, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
Plant Vogtle

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Hearings Set On Plant Vogtle Expansion's Cost To Georgia Power Customers

Georgia energy regulators will decide this fall how much of the costs of building the first of two additional nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle Georgia Power can recover from customers.

May 18, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Plant Vogtle

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Southern Co. Expects New Plant Vogtle Delays As PSC Weighs Tab

The Georgia Public Service Commission will soon decide whether to sign off on the $670 million in construction costs over the final six months of 2020, a tab that could eventually get passed onto customer’s electric bills. 

May 03, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
A 720,000-pound water tank is placed atop the Unit 4 containment vessel at Plant Vogtle.

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Plant Vogtle Expansion Hits Two Key Milestones

Hot functional testing has begun on the first of the new reactors, Unit 3, at the plant south of Augusta. That’s the final series of major tests the reactor must pass prior to initial fuel load.

April 27, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Plant Vogtle

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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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  • Dave Williams
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Billion Dollar Plant Vogtle Tab Could Be On The Line With PSC Runoff

Georgia Power’s overdue and over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear plant expansion served as a handy punching bag for the challenger in a Tuesday debate as he took on a veteran of utility regulation ahead of the state’s Jan. 5 runoff election.

Georgia’s twin U.S. Senate contests are consuming most of the country’s political attention now that the presidential contest is finally decided in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.

December 16, 2020
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  • Stanley Dunlap

Georgians Will Pay More For Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Georgia consumers will have to pay more for power, starting in 2021, now that state regulators have voted to let construction continue on two nuclear...

July 09, 2019
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  • Rickey Bevington

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Still Alive

Georgia Power’s expansion of nuclear power at Plant Vogtle is still alive following a unanimous vote by the state’s Public Service Commission.

July 09, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship

Plant Vogtle Construction Faces Critical Vote

A vote that could determine the fate of Plant Vogtle must come by Monday.

July 09, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell

Nobel Winner Says Georgia Leads in Clean Energy

A Nobel Prize-winning energy expert says Georgia is a leader in clean energy production.

July 09, 2019
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  • Cindy Hill
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