By WSBTV.com News Staff Watch Video Here COBB COUNTY, Ga. — As temperatures rise, so does your electric bill. This summer though, it’s a double hit as Georgia Power customers get ready to pay even more after the completion of the Plant Vogtle...
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By Emily Jones, WABE This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Gov. Brian Kemp called for another expansion of nuclear Plant Vogtle during an event Wednesday celebrating...
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By Fred Blankenship, WSB-TV ATLANTA — Georgia is now the largest provider of clean energy in the country. Gov. Brian Kemp visited Plant Vogtle on Wednesday to see the nuclear plant decades in the making for himself. “We are the only state in the country...
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A guide to interacting with the board that controls energy policy in Georgia. By Lyndsey Gilpin, Grist The five members of the Georgia Public Service Commission are publicly elected officials. That means anyone can attend their meetings, offer public...
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By T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) — Georgia’s hospitals ranked 23rd nationally, according to a new review. According to the spring 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which graded 80 Georgia hospitals, 21...
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By WSB-TV ATLANTA — Georgia’s Plant Vogtle Unit four-nuclear power system entered commercial operation on Monday, feeding the electricity to the grid. This puts Georgia on the map as the largest generator of clean energy in the entire country. Channel 2′s...
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By Jennifer Hiller, The Wall Street Journal A new nuclear reactor reached commercial operation in Georgia on Monday, completing a project whose delays and sticker shock helped upend the near-term prospects for nuclear power in the U.S. The first two...
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By JEFF AMY, AP News ATLANTA (AP) — The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected. Georgia Power Co. and fellow owners announced...
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By Isabelle Hajek, The U.S. Sun A LOVING husband was trapped in what some consider a predatory loan after being denied a standard mortgage. The first stop when people need to borrow money is often a bank loan mortgage, but when low income combines with...
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By Nedra Rhone, AJC I was out of town when I received notice that a bill from a medical lab would arrive in the mail soon. My first thought was that someone had stolen my identity, because I had never heard of the lab. For the next hour, I logged in and...
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By Justin Gray, WSB-TV ATLANTA — If you are shopping for a car, a TV, or even a house, you probably look around and compare prices. But when it comes to surgeries or medical procedures comparison shopping is not as common. Those medical procedures can have...
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