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News Articles: Powering Ga

Plant Vogtle Secures Two Key Votes In Decision On Construction

Two key players in the construction of Plant Vogtle have decided to continue on with the project. Georgia Power and the Municipal Electric Authority of...

July 09, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
A popular greenway crosses the spot where the Oostanaula River and the Etowah River come together to make the Coosa River in Rome. Local concerns over water quality, sometimes very local, led to Georgia's first fracking rules.

How Worries Over Private Property Led To Georgia's First Fracking Rules

Rome, Georgia, like that other Rome, is a city of three rivers. In this case, the Oostanaula and Etowah come together downtown to make the Coosa, which...

July 09, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

How Georgia Gets Its Energy – And What Could Change

From the whirr of an espresso machine to the hum of the lights to the soca music playing on the speakers, Joe’s East Atlanta Coffee Shop has dozens of...

July 09, 2019
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A Nissan Leaf charges at an electric vehicle charging station in Portland, Oregon.

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  • Economy

Addition Of Electric Vehicles To City Fleet Helps Push 'Savannah Forward'

Transportation — trucks, trains, planes and automobiles — is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Electric vehicles offer a less...

July 08, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • News

Plant Vogtle Update: Further Behind Schedule, Still Billions Over Budget

Georgia Power customers and taxpayers have been helping foot the bill for the expansion project at Plant Vogtle, which is billions of dollars over...

May 17, 2019
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By:
  • Amy Kiley and
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Is Plant Vogtle Worth The Cost To Consumers?

On this edition of Political Rewind, after running three years behind and several billion dollars over budget, partners in Georgia Powers Plant Vogtle...

September 25, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
This June 13, 2014, file photo, shows construction on a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga.

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  • Politics

PSC Moves Plant Vogtle Construction Funding Forward, With Conditions

On this edition of Political Rewind, Georgians will continue to pay for an expansion of the Plant Vogtle nuclear power facility, thanks to a ruling by...

December 22, 2017
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
This June 13, 2014, file photo, shows construction on a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga.

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  • Politics

Fate Of Plant Vogtle, Cost To Customers, To Be Decided Thursday

On this edition of "Political Rewind," the Public Service Commission is about to make a momentous decision that will hit Georgia Power customers in the...

December 20, 2017
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

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