By Meris Lutz Georgia Power got a big tax break this year from state lawmakers, savings it is required to share with its customers. On Wednesday, state regulators tasked with overseeing the monopoly’s prices voted to move up the start of that rebate, which...
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By Chanel-Taylar McCarthy Watch Video Here LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – CBS reports that since the pandemic millions of Americans started using money-sharing platforms like Cash App and Venmo. However, they found that Zelle surpassed the other options. For...
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By Savannah Sicurella and J. Scott Trubey Nearly all AT&T cellular customers have been impacted by a data breach involving call and text records, the communications company announced early Friday. In what is the second major data breach...
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By J. Scott Trubey, Savannah Sicurella and Michael E. Kanell AT&T on Friday announced that hackers obtained data on the calls and text messages of essentially all its customers over a period of several months, a significant breach of a major American...
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By WSBTV.com News Staff ATLANTA — Channel 2 Consumer Adviser Clark Howard has a warning for you before your next doctor’s appointment. “If there is something you need, a prescription, a medical device, or a test do not just pay whatever you are...
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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. Atlanta and much of Georgia will celebrate the Fourth of July under a heat advisory. Temperatures in the...
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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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More infoGov. Kemp tours Plant Vogtle, now the largest provider of clean energy in the U.S. Kemp calls for more nuclear as Vogtle project ends
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...
More infoWant to contact the Georgia Public Service Commission? Here’s how.
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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