By Jill Nolin – Georgia Recorder Environmentalists and consumer advocates will have another chance to persuade a Fulton County judge that a review should happen now – instead of years from now – of state regulators’ decision to allow the...
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By Dave Williams – Atlanta Business Chronicle A lawsuit challenging the Georgia Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision to let Georgia Power Co. finish the long-delayed, over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion is about to get another...
More infoAtlanta, GA—Groups challenging the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision to continue the Vogtle nuclear expansion project despite billions in cost overruns will have another chance to make their case that the decision was procedurally flawed and...
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By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder ATLANTA – Georgia Public Service Commission staffers are pushing back on a steep rate increase that Georgia Power had requested start as soon as January. The staff on Friday endorsed a one-time $2 base rate...
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By Emma Hurt – WABE (Listen) Georgia Power is requesting to raise customer rates by about $10 per month for the average residential user. The request is more than $2.2 billion over the next three years, and hearings before the Public Service...
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By Kim Jarrett – The Center Square The Georgia Public Service Commission spent Tuesday listening to testimony surrounding a rate increase request from Atlanta Gas Light (AGL). Atlanta Gas Light filed a petition with the PSC in June requesting a $96...
More infoBy Beau Evans – Georgia Recorder Georgia Power’s request for customer rate increases starting next year includes $525 million through 2022 to clean up potentially toxic coal ash ponds, a remediation process environmentalists say needs more...
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By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder Business interests and consumer watchdog organizations are keeping a wary eye on Georgia Power’s push to sharply increase its customers’ cost of electricity over the next three years. They can weigh in on the...
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By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News Developers of the nation’s lone nuclear construction project in Georgia have ordered enriched uranium fuel rods — a sign of their confidence that Plant Vogtle, plagued by delays and cost overruns, will be...
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On July 16, the Georgia Public Service Commission approved a long-range plan for Georgia Power to meet the state’s energy needs over the next 20 years. Every three years, the utility is required to file an Integrated Resource (IRP) and Demand Side...
More infoBerneta L. Haynes, Senior Director of Policy and Access at Georgia Watch, speaking about ways to lower power bills. Watch now. ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The heat is on, and that means you have a big, bad surprise coming in your June power bill. But the...
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By Molly Samuel – WABE Georgia Power will increase its solar power in the coming years, close a coal-fired power plant and add more wood burning to its energy mix. Those are all pieces of its long-range energy plan, approved Tuesday morning by the...
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