By Drew Kann and Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Company says it expects Unit 3 to be in service by the first quarter of 2023 WAYNESBORO — Georgia Power announced Friday that engineers at Plant Vogtle have begun loading fuel into the...
More infoMetro Atlanta company suffers data breach, affecting 54K inmates
By Zach Hansen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Experts say incarcerated people make for desirable identity theft targets A Forsyth County company that provides healthcare for people inside correctional facilities nationwide was the target of a recent...
More infoHearings on Georgia Power rate increase begin Tuesday
By Molly Samuel and Emily Jones, WABE — Georgia Power wants to raise customers’ bills over the next three years, starting with a jump in January that would add up to about $14 a month for a typical residential customer, according to the company. Hearings...
More infoPatients angry over Atlanta Medical Center closing
By Crystal Bui, CBS46 — Health care isn’t cheap in the United States. And for many who couldn’t afford it, Atlanta Medical Center, which was part of the non-profit group Wellstar Health System, was able to help. But now with AMC shutting its doors, many...
More infoGeorgia Power’s Vogtle spending climbs, but no new delays forecast
By Drew Kann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Power spent more than $500 million dollars on the two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in the first half of this year and it may take another $1 billion to complete the project, the company said...
More infoCovid-19 booster shot will no longer be covered by the federal government
By Crystal Bui and Jamarlo Phillips, CBS 46 — Throughout the pandemic, Americans have been able to get the covid-19 vaccines, treatments, and the tests without having to pay with their own money. But that’s about to change. The Biden administration is...
More infoPSC approves Georgia Power energy plan
By Orlando Montoya, GPB — Thursday afternoon, state energy regulators approved a plan outlining Georgia Power’s energy strategy for the next two decades. The plan effects how the company sources its power and how much 2.7 million Georgians will pay...
More infoGeorgia Power wants 12% rate hike for customers to fund distribution improvements
By T.A. DeFeo, The Center Square — Georgia Power wants to invest billions in transmission and distribution improvements, and the proposed upgrades will cost ratepayers. The company asked the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve an...
More infoFederal trial starts claiming Black voters disenfranchised by Georgia PSC elections
By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder — Georgia Power’s plan to saddle its customers with a 12% electricity rate hike over the next three years will be decided by a Public Service Commission that’s the focus of a federal trial this week that claims Black...
More infoGeorgia Power seeks rate hike of nearly 12% over three years
By Drew Kann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — As fears of a recession grow and inflation remains near a 40-year high, Georgia Power announced Friday that it is asking state regulators to approve an electricity rate hike of nearly 12% over the next three...
More infoGeorgia Power looking to raise rates next year
By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat — Georgia Power is asking the state Public Service Commission (PSC) for a rate hike of nearly 12% during the next three years, with the vast majority of the increase front-loaded into 2023. The proposed increase, which the...
More infoGeorgia Power proposes 12% increase in bills, with 2023 leap
By Jeff Amy, AP News — Georgia Power Co. wants to raise customer bills 12% over the next three years to pay for system improvements and higher costs and allow higher profits, the company said Friday in a rate filing with state regulators. The filing kicks...
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