Groups urge PSC to reconsider approval of Georgia Power’s $16B expansion
“The commission must find every resource it certifies is in the public interest, but here it doesn't explain how this tradeoff could be worth it”
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Regulators clear path for Georgia Power’s new fossil fuel-burning units
“This places an enormous risk squarely on the back of customers …”
Georgia Power’s oil and gas expansion scrutinized as fossil fuels boom
Georgia Power's plan to build three new oil and gas-burning units at Plant Yates in Coweta County faced scrutiny at a Georgia Public Service Commission hearing on July 24, 2024. The utility seeks to add fossil…
Georgia electric co-ops join fossil fuel bandwagon amid national surge
“Unfortunately, if these proposed fossil fuel projects do get built, Oglethorpe customers will likely be paying for decades for power plants that cannot be used to their fullest and are unlikely to show up during extreme weather”
Rooftop solar leasing for low-income Georgians gets $156 million boost
“The economics are influenced by who the utility is for that territory. Some utility offers are better than others, but it should provide a lot better access to solar for people that have historically not been able to afford it.”
Georgia Power gets green light to add more fossil fuels, batteries
“Fossil gas prices may be low now, and that may have lulled the staff and/or commission into a state of complacency. But rest assured, fossil gas prices are volatile and they will go up again.”
Solar leases aim to make rooftop panels more accessible to Georgians
“This is leveling the playing field for them”
Georgia Power, PSC staff reach deal on final Vogtle cost to customers
“though the settlement helps limit ratepayer impact, it did not go far enough to "protect ratepayers from costly mistakes like Vogtle in the future."”
A pair of suburban Atlanta office parks go green by turning to the sun
Atlanta Property Group has installed approximately 1.15 megawatts of rooftop solar across two office campuses in the Atlanta area, positioning them as models for commercial building decarbonization. The article cites a Southern Alliance for Clean Energy…
Report: Solar energy is growing in Georgia, but there’s more to the story
Georgia ranked third in installed solar capacity among Southeast states as of 2022 with 3,769 megawatts, up 27% from 2021, according to SACE's "Solar in the Southeast" report. The article examines utility-scale solar growth, rooftop solar…