Georgia Power’s three-year plan to meet the state’s energy needs is due to be filed with state regulators by Jan. 31 and marks the start of a yearlong discussion of a wide array of energy topics.
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Plant Vogtle remains a controversy as Biden, Congress fund nuclear expansion
As Congress and the Biden administration support the nuclear power industry with $8.5 billion, the Plant Vogtle construction project remains over budget, behind schedule and the subject of watchdog criticism.
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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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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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Georgia nuclear plant vote gets day in court, brought by folks asking for more days in court
A judge is deciding what future there may be in a court case over how state regulators acted when they voted to continue the life of a late, over-budget nuclear power plant expansion.
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Leading Gold Dome Republicans grumble about rising cost of new nukes at Vogtle
A group of Republican state legislators are now among those grumbling publicly about budget-busting costs as the Plant Vogtle expansion drags toward completion.
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Southern Co. retains credit rating in part by selling assets exceeding $4.7 billion
The Southern Co.’s aggressive sales of assets helped it retain its credit rating, despite financial losses at Georgia Power that relate to Plant Vogtle. Those losses prompted Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade Georgia Power’s credit rating.
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Plant Vogtle: Construction status reports by Georgia Power, Moody’s Investors Service
A new report on the construction status of the Vogtle nuclear plant, released Wednesday by Moody’s Investors Service, provides greater detail than a May 10 statement released by Georgia Power and cites a number of risks that could further delay the plant’s opening date.
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State Sen. Chuck Hufstelter questions financial plan for Plant Vogtle
At Friday morning’s Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable (SART), State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome) strongly criticized the financial plan to pay for the two new nuclear power plants at Plant Vogtle.
Hufstetler, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, openily criticized Senate Bill 31 that passed in 2009 that approved the financial plan for Plant Vogtle. It was called the Georgia Nuclear Energy Financing Act, which permitted the utility to begin recovering the costs of financing the construction of the new nuclear plants from consumers before they came on line.
