Discussion of nuclear power generated by facilities such as Plant Vogtle appears to be surging at COP26, the United Nations climate summit in Scotland.
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Coal ash: Georgia mulls first request for permanent disposal in unlined basins
Georgia may create a statewide precedent to manage coal ash by leaving it permanently in an unlined basin under a cap made of plastic that’s covered with grass and legumes.
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New Plant Vogtle credit rating says electricity prices could be higher than forecast
Additional construction delays forecast at Plant Vogtle could cause its customers to face higher electricity rates than currently envisioned, according to three credit rating actions issued Monday by Moody’s Investors Service.
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Plant Vogtle milestone: A rate hike request related to pending start of reactor
A new chapter in the saga of Plant Vogtle has commenced. The issue is whether Georgia Power customers will or won’t pay an extra $235 million a year in capital costs to build the nuclear plant, or if the rate hike request will be delayed.
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Georgia utility sees credit boost by winning dispute with partner at Plant Vogtle
A credit upgrade for a Georgia utility is the latest outcome of the resolution of a contract dispute among partners building the only nuclear facility under construction in the nation, Plant Vogtle.
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Federal aid for Plant Vogtle doesn’t ease fallout for halted S.C. sister project
The very low interest rates provided in a federal loan guarantee to Georgia’s Plant Vogtle nuclear plant ease the project’s financing and cost pressures. But the nightmares around a shuttered sister plant in South Carolina continue for those caught up in the bankruptcy of the former contractor for both plants, Westinghouse Electric Co., according to federal court records.
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Fulton judge dismisses Georgia nuclear plant critics
There won’t be a day in court anytime soon for the people who want a judge to review Georgia regulators’ 2017 decision to let Georgia Power and partners continue building new nuclear reactors.
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Mr. Burns in Alabama: a story for our times
Amid all the other big news swirling around President Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, the revelation that a Chattanooga developer offered him $10 million to secure government loans for his late-life project didn’t attract much national attention. But it’s a story for our times.
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Georgia’s wannabe electricity regulators talk nuclear, solar, power bills at debate
What members of the Public Service Commission do affects your power bill every month and the mix of coal, nuclear and other electricity sources Georgia uses. That’s why environmentalists watch it closely. Now the candidates for the PSC are showing up on primary ballots all over the state — and on Thursday, they faced off in debates.
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“Grieving” for Plant Vogtle has begun. What now?
It’s official: those responsible for the epic, multi-billion dollar construction failure unfolding at the Plant Vogtle nuclear plant are starting to experience the Five Stages of Grief.
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Hero or villain of Plant Vogtle could be billionaire pioneer of high risk junk bonds
The hero or villain of the effort to save Plant Vogtle could prove to be the head of a private equity firm who pioneered junk bonds and was nearly scuttled in 1990. Georgia Power protested terms of the loan deal, but a New York judge provided some protection and last week ordered that the entire $800 million in loan funds should flow.
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Fearing journalism’s nuclear meltdown
You probably wouldn’t know it from checking our local media outlets, but Georgia Power, the state’s largest electric utility, is at the center of one of the biggest consumer shakedowns in state history – and there could be more bad news on the way.
