By Emma Hurt – WABE (Listen Now) The Public Service Commission staff is requesting more money to fund outside consultants to help keep track of the Plant Vogtle project. They have asked for an unprecedented additional $3.6 million for 2019...
More infoCFPB catches flak from banks, credit unions on risks of AI
By Kate Berry – American Banker The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday got an earful on the use of artificial intelligence from members of three advisory boards who said traditional financial institutions are at a competitive...
More infoCongressional report slams Equifax for 2017 data breach
By Tamar Hallerman and J. Scott Trubey – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution WASHINGTON —The cyber breach of the credit reporting agency Equifax that exposed the sensitive personal data of 148 million Americans last year was “entirely preventable” and...
More infoAs CVS and Aetna prepare to merge, Georgia wins major concessions
(ATLANTA – November 26) Thanks to the hard-fought efforts of several state associations and the Georgia Office of the Insurance Commissioner, the CVS/Aetna merger approved by the State of Georgia contained some significant, one-of-a-kind...
More infoLeapfrog ‘A’s’ increase in Georgia hospitals
By Andy Miller – Albany Herald ATLANTA — The new Leapfrog Group report card on hospital safety found that 26 Georgia hospitals scored an “A” grade, up from 15 in the spring ratings. The Leapfrog Group’s report for the fall said 35 percent of graded...
More infoPatients get unexpected surprises in mail from out-of-network help
By Clark Howard – WSB-TV (Watch Now) ATLANTA – Visiting a hospital that’s in network doesn’t always mean the doctor who treats you will be. Experts say many times, hospitals, in an effort to keep costs down, will outsource the...
More infoGeorgia Showing Significant Gains in Hospital Safety
Atlanta, Georgia—Nov. 8, 2018 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit aiming to improve health care quality for consumers, employers and purchasers, announced today the fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Georgia ranks 17th in the nation for...
More infoVogtle Foes Ask Fulton Judge to Review PSC OK of Billions in Extra Costs
By Greg Land – Daily Report A trio of organizations that sued the Georgia Public Service Commission early this year after it approved billions more in spending for two new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle, were in court Wednesday...
More infoVogtle Critics Say Regulators Broke The Rules In Nuclear Power Vote
By Molly Samuel – WABE Did Georgia regulators break the rules when they decided last year to allow construction to continue at the only nuclear power construction project in the country? That’s the question in a case in Fulton County concerning the...
More infoCourt Holds First Hearing in Challenge to Georgia Public Service Commission’s Approval of Plant Vogtle Cost Increases
Atlanta, GA, October 31, 2018—Today Georgia groups argued before the Fulton County Superior Court in their challenge to the Georgia Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision to approve a revised price tag amounting to billions of dollars in cost overruns...
More infoVogtle critics go to court over PSC approval
By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News ATLANTA — The nation’s lone nuclear construction project was the center of a courtroom debate yesterday, not a regulatory one. Critics of the Plant Vogtle construction project tried to convince a superior...
More infoGa. Power electricity rates rising
By Matt Kempner and Anastaciah Ondieki – Atlanta Journal-Constitution It used to be that millions of Georgians got a bargain on their monthly electric bills, paying Georgia Power residential rates that were nearly 10 percent lower than the national...
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