Region
697 mentions for region: Georgia
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“Regulations are not what's driving utility planning in Georgia right now. It's mainly economics that are driving coal retirements and customer demand that's driving the shift to clean energy, like solar.”
Article discusses challenges facing Southern Nuclear's Vogtle nuclear expansion project in Georgia, including delays in DOE loan guarantee approval and legal challenges from environmental groups. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy won a partial court victory…
“The decision-making party bears no risk for the decisions they're making”
“We firmly believe that solar power is a workhorse technology for the Southeast. One of the blessings we have in the Southeast is we have a great climate. We're blessed with plenty of sunshine, and that power from our nearest star really helps deliver an enormous amount of power that as we capture more and more of it we can put to clean use for our human needs.”
“For the first time that I'm aware of, you've got a Democratic administration proposing the sale of TVA and simultaneously you've got significant, conservative federal representatives in the House and Senate defending their local socialist project. There's a lot irony in it and little bit of humor actually.”
An investigation into the disproportionate energy burden facing low-income residents and communities of color in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, where families spend up to 30% of income on energy bills. The article examines how historical redlining, aging…
“Georgia Power makes resource decisions, but ratepayers bear the risk if the utility's fuel cost projections are wrong”
A blog post reporting on energy efficiency program developments for manufactured homes in the Southeast, highlighting SACE's role in recommending a $1.5 million Georgia Power program for manufactured home retrofits. The article notes that the Southeast…
“Clearly getting the reactor up to 100% power is the milestone, but the milestone came at what cost? This has been a very tumultuous and difficult process for ratepayers.”
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy issued a press release analyzing newly disclosed federal documents related to the loan guarantee for Vogtle nuclear reactors. The release references FOIA disclosures by the US Department of Energy and suggests…
“Dit gaat over belastinggeld, maar de belastingbetaler mocht niets weten van deze onderhandelingen”
“We are particularly pleased that the court definitively ordered the Department of Energy to release the credit subsidy fee estimates, which essentially represents what 'skin' the utilities have had to place into the 'game.' Unfortunately, the court is giving the agency another chance to justify why equally important information should continue to be withheld from the public.”
A new report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy released February 14, 2022 shows that electric utilities in the U.S. Southeast consistently underperform other regions in energy efficiency savings, with efficiency savings dropping from 0.25%…
“Energy efficiency is the least-cost energy resource. And increasing energy efficiency basically reduces the total investments that the utilities have to make, making it the cheapest way to meet energy needs for customers”
The Georgia Public Service Commission held a hearing on Georgia Power's request to raise residential customer bills by $15.90 monthly to recover $2.2 billion in higher fuel costs. Expert and citizen witnesses, including representatives from the…
