Politics Mires Nuclear Loan Guarantee Process, Group Maintains
“we lost that battle and our work here will not stop Vogtle units three and four -- but it will provide some information so that others can move forward and investigate”
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Ratepayer Advocates Nervous About Latest Setback at Plant Vogtle
“We've got some problems. We've got some cost increases, we've got some scheduling slippage. That's what happens with these reactor projects. That's what historically has happened. Unfortunately in Georgia consumers are the ones who are shouldering the burden versus the utility shareholders.”
Communicating Climate Change, Hotline 3.7.12
A US Climate Action Network hotline post discusses climate change communication strategies and highlights SACE's work on coal plant pollution in the Southeast. The article features Seandra Rawls's testimony about the disproportionate age and carbon emissions…
Solar becomes battleground for Georgia Power's monopoly
“the group is not willing to comment on it either”
Southern adds largest number of residential customers since recession
“We need openness and transparency”
Vogtle loan sparks review of DOE program
“It's sort of a series of indicators that don't bode well for conclusion. I'm not saying the two Vogtle reactors will not be built, but as you see delays and cost increases, you have a higher risk of project default.”
Georgia Power parent pledges net zero carbon emissions 2050
“praised Southern's new "zero" goal as significant for a powerful utility with a long history tied to fossil fuels and in a part of the nation that politically has been more resistant to acknowledging climate change. Still, he suggested that Southern put more focus on reaching its goals by using more renewables and through energy efficiency, rather than expensive and less-tested options.”
Volunteer Energy, North Georgia EMC solicit bids from utilities to replace TVA
Volunteer Energy Cooperative and North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation are soliciting bids from alternative power suppliers to potentially replace TVA as their wholesale power provider, citing TVA's wholesale rates as 28% higher than neighboring utilities. TVA…
Trump's offshore oil ban in SC also covers wind farms, feds say
“I think almost no one was expecting that it would affect offshore wind”
Supply chain woes may cloud future of some TVA solar additions
“The renewable energy industry has been hit by supply chain interruptions just like everybody else. It's an issue of slowing down the future build-out because of supply chain problems but it is not disrupting existing capacity. There are no moving parts with solar and the existing capacity is performing well.”
Senate reconciliation bill would lift US Southeast offshore wind moratorium
“This policy is going to essentially lift a barrier on accessing tremendous amounts of clean energy resources for the Southeast states. What was left on the table because of this moratorium were areas across the Southeast capable of accommodating many gigawatts of offshore wind that will go a long way to helping states construct clean energy portfolios. A decade is a long time to have a moratorium for a nascent industry.”
Georgia Today: Lawsuit for Tift County police; Macon celebrates Juneteenth; Watermelon crop delay
A Georgia Today podcast episode covering multiple state news stories, including a wrongful death lawsuit against Tift County sheriff's deputies, Macon's first Juneteenth parade, and a delay in Georgia's watermelon crop. The episode also reports on…
Nuclear Opponents Invoke Solyndra
A New York Times Green Blog article discusses opposition to federal loan guarantees for the Vogtle 3 and 4 nuclear reactors in Georgia. Two groups, Synapse Energy Economics and Earth Track, released a report arguing that…
Environmental Groups Demand Georgia PSC Reconsider Data Center Energy Plan Overreach
“The PSC's late December approval of high-cost and high-risk investments in support of speculative data center gambits demands reconsideration. This is too much bill payer money, directed at too many risky projects, with too little oversight, and too few protections.”
State regulators are poised to approve a request for a steep hike in Georgia's electric rates this week
“Georgia Power should be responsible for up to 5% of inflated fuel costs so that company leaders don't shirk their responsibility for grossly understated fuel prices. By spreading fuel costs, utilities are also more likely to rely on different energy sources, reducing reliance on unpredictable global energy markets”