By Iulia Gheorghiu, Utility Dive Dive Brief: Southern Company and its subsidiary Georgia Power announced on Thursday an approximately 20% reduction in the construction workforce for the nuclear Vogtle Units 3 and 4, as COVID-19 continues to impact the...
More infoAtlanta Gas Light rate increase follows Georgia Power bill hike By Matt Kempner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA – First, elected state regulators approved a rate increase that will hit Georgia Power customers next month. Now, they’ve...
More infoBy: Matt Kempnermkempner@ajc.com AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE POWER RATES Watch Now Georgia Power customers will see their monthly electric bills rise, with some of the increase kicking in next month and growing over three years, state regulators ruled Tuesday...
More infoWSB-TV Watch Now ATLANTA — Georgia Power customers will see their monthly bills rise, with some of the increase kicking in next month, state regulators ruled Tuesday. The Georgia Public Service Commission did not immediately tabulate how much...
More infoBy Mary Landers, Savannah Now Georgia Power is seeking to increase customer rates by approximately 7% in 2020. As outlined in the company’s filing with the Georgia Public Service Commission late last week, the typical residential customer using 1,000...
More infoBy Misty Williams – The Atlanta Journal-Consitution Published online: March 15, 2017, In print: March 16, 2017 An estimated 750,000 Georgians — many of them poor and older — could lose their health insurance under the GOP’s Obamacare...
More infoWritten by: Andy Miller, Georgia Health News Published: January 26, 2017 When his 5-year-old son suffered a burn injury, Michael Caraway took him to a local hospital emergency room. The hospital was in Caraway’s insurance network. His son got successful...
More infoGeorgia Health News, Andy Miller – November 1, 2016 Just 22 percent of Georgia hospitals received an “A” grade on patient safety in the latest ratings from the Leapfrog Group. That put Georgia in a tie for 36th place among states ranked on...
More infoOctober 12, 2016 By Kim Passoth, ATLANTA (CBS46) – “You could soon be paying more and getting less as major changes could be on the way for prescription drug coverage. Many health insurance companies are changing their policies, meaning drugs...
More infoBy: Kristina Torres In Georgia, the professional landscaper reimagining your backyard may need three separate licenses to do the work you want, but not the woman who does your taxes. Several dozen professional occupations — such as auctioneers, used car...
More infoBy Astra Taylor Georgia’s founder, James Oglethorpe, an eighteenth-century social reformer, envisioned the colony as an economic utopia—a haven for those locked in Britain’s debtors’ prisons. Oglethorpe petitioned King George II to allow the...
More infoBy Tom Crawford On June 1, Louisiana became the first southern state bordering the Gulf of Mexico to launch a Medicaid expansion program funded through the Affordable Care Act. That happened because of the upset victory last fall of Democrat John Bel...
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