September 28, 2010

If you need assistance with your energy bills, LIHEAP may be able to help. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, was created to assist low income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of household income for home energy. Read more

September 15, 2010

Tom Crawford of Georgia Report has written a great opinion piece about Georgia Power’s billion dollar rate request. He begins by asking readers to imagine the statewide response if one of Georgia’s gubernatorial candidates proposed a billion dollar tax increase.

Crawford’s answer: “That candidate would be burned to a crisp in the ensuing political firestorm…His chances of winning the governor’s office would be zero.”

Crawford goes on to explain why a similar response to the Georgia Power rate request is warranted. Read Crawford’s piece here.

September 4, 2010

Georgia Power will pack on a higher rate increase than originally expected for the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle. For more than a year, Georgia Power officials had said the construction fee for the two new reactors would be $1.30 in 2011. Instead, starting in January, customers will see a rate hike nearly three times that amount.

Margaret Newkirk of the Atlanta Journal Constitution has the details, as well as a quote from Georgia Watch executive director Angela Speir Phelps. Read the article here.