Is Vogtle the dawn of a new nuclear age or a costly warning sign?
“If we're serious about climate change, which many of us are, then this is not the technology to be pursuing right now”
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GPB morning headlines for August 10, 2023
A GPB morning news brief mentions an annual report by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy assessing the Southeast's progress toward carbon-neutral energy production. The report indicates Georgia Power requires significant changes to meet decarbonization goals.…
Solar in the Southeast: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Announces Sixth Annual Report
“promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast”
Oct. 30 - SACE and Partners Earn DOE Grant to Engage Underserved Black Georgia Communities in Creating Equitable Clean Energy Transportation Initiatives
“Our work aims to put communities in the driver's seat to ensure this landmark federal funding reaches them and is implemented in ways that address the mobility needs and priorities they have identified. Though the project focuses on engaging and benefiting underserved Black communities in Albany, Atlanta, and Savannah, Georgia, learnings will be shared widely to help realize Justice40's intent throughout the Southeast.”
Will natural gas crash Biden’s climate party?
“before we charge down the path of saying that these fossil-based resources are the only way”
State regulators pass along $7.6B tab to ratepayers for Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle
“That might have been excusable for the initial allocation but it's dereliction-of-duty that Georgia Power didn't perform the cost-of-service study two years later. And by letting them get away with it, the PSC is as guilty as they are.”
Federal funding looks to promote equity in Georgia’s growing electric transit industry
“If you're going to be No. 1 in employment, investment, EV sales and charging deployment in the Southeast, then let's make Georgia No. 1 in equitable access to the benefits of electric transportation”
Grant aims to plug underserved Black communities into electric transportation
“Our work aims to put communities in the driver's seat to ensure this landmark federal funding reaches them and is implemented in ways that address the mobility needs and priorities they have identified”
Regulators to consider another Georgia Power rate hike
“I think it's a decent deal in terms of the ultimate dollar figure that they arrived at. It's a little unclear how they got there.”
Colorado Has the Best Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, With a High Rate of Charging Ports, Plenty of Laws and Incentives, and More
“even in areas where electricity is primarily generated by coal, driving electric is still one-third less polluting than driving a gasoline-powered car”
Georgia Power increases power capacity by 1.4GW with fossil fuels to meet data center demand
“may have lulled the staff and/or commission into a state of complacency. Rest assured, fossil gas prices are volatile and they will go up again.”
Hyundai's 'virtual' solar for Georgia plant reflects 'backward process,' critics say
“The best (scenario) would be projects on-site, or at least in the same service territory and state, if applicable. Those are going to most directly offset the company's load.”
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."”
Despite investments, southeast US lags behind country in EV sales, report finds
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy released its "Transportation Electrification in the Southeast" report, revealing that despite receiving 40% of the nation's EV-related investments and manufacturing jobs, the Southeast lags behind the country in EV sales,…
New clean energy project to benefit 'underserved Black communities' in Savannah
“Our work aims to put communities in the driver's seat to ensure this landmark federal funding reaches them and is implemented in ways that address the mobility needs and priorities they have identified. Though the project focuses on engaging and benefiting underserved Black communities in Albany, Atlanta, and Savannah, Georgia, learnings will be shared widely to help realize Justice40's intent throughout the Southeast.”