Georgia Power delay of biomass project fuels concern
“They got a lot of positive press on this. They either need to step up and show real leadership or acknowledge that they're not really wanting to be a serious player.”
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Tree-saving plan has credibility questions
“If I am a well-meaning citizen and I want to reduce my carbon footprint, what is implicit in that transaction is that I want the person I'm buying from to have done something in the world that would not have happened anyway”
Can Georgia Meet Renewable Energy Mandates? Two views
“Georgia and the rest of the Southeast have more than enough renewable energy resources to meet a modest RES requiring utilities to produce 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025.”
Georgia can't meet proposed green energy rules, official says
“Georgia and other Southern states could easily reach the 25 percent by 2025 goal if they did a better job of tapping into biomass, wind, solar and ocean-energy resources”
Georgia Power signs deal with biomass plant
“Wood-fired plants put out less sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide than coal-fired ones, they put out no mercury. And they are considered carbon neutral, as long as the wood burned is replaced by new trees.”
Georgia Power wins ruling on research study
“something of a farce”
Environmentalists, utilities clash on plan
A working group of environmentalists and Georgia's two largest electric utilities met for the first time to develop an energy conservation program, with significant disagreement over funding for experts and access to utility data. The Southern…
Global warming issue hardly 'unsettled'
“Global warming science is not "unsettled." A 2001 National Academy of Sciences report commissioned by the Bush administration found that greenhouse gases are building up as a result of human activities, causing temperatures to rise.”
State EPD mulls ideas to cut smog
Georgia's Environmental Protection Division presented three options for reducing smog as part of a federally required plan. The state's proposal to require utilities to fund renewable energy and efficiency projects is less aggressive than an alternative…
Southern named in suit attacking emissions
“Southern Co. is aggressively thwarting efforts to promote policies and actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions”
PSC OKs road map for energy
“They have not made a commitment. But they did leave the door open. They didn't blow us out of the water.”
Efficiency programs cut again
Georgia Power's proposed 20-year integrated resource plan excludes all energy efficiency programs, continuing a nine-year absence of such initiatives. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy argues that Georgia Power's cost-benefit test for evaluating efficiency programs is…
Ga. Power asks PSC for a 7% rate boost
Georgia Power has requested a 7 percent rate increase ($328.3 million) from the Georgia Public Service Commission, which would cost the average residential customer an additional $5.25 per month. The company cites the need to recoup…
Energy efficiency pushed
Environmentalists and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy propose that Georgia require electric utilities to pay for pollutants they emit, generating an estimated $7.5 million annually for solar, wind, and energy efficiency projects. The proposal would…
Marchers target rule on mercury
“The technology is available to clean up power plants by 90 percent of their mercury pollution, and yet EPA in this proposal is only calling for a 30 percent reduction in the short-term, and not until 2018 will we see any more reductions”