By Mary Landers – Savannah Morning News A pandemic-related moratorium on power shutoffs expires Wednesday, Georgia Power reminded its customers in a press release issued Tuesday. For customers who accumulated a past-due balance during the COVID-19...
More infoGeorgia Power customers could get billed for COVID-19 safety costs
By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder Georgia Power can recover $7.7 million it spent on COVID-19 safety expenses, but drew criticism over the message that it sends when it sticks customers with the tab. This week’s 3-2 vote by the Georgia Public...
More infoWatchdogs call for Georgia Power to delay delinquent customer shut-offs
By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder State utility regulators are set to sign off on terms of a repayment plan for 160,000 Georgia Power customers delinquent on their bills when a moratorium on electricity shut offs expires next month. The Georgia...
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By Matt Kempner – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia will end in July a ban on shutting off utility service to consumers for unpaid Georgia Power and some natural gas bills. Customers have been allowed to defer payment of monthly electric and...
More infoPlant Vogtle cuts more than 1,500 workers as virus spreads
By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News Southern Co. is cutting the number of craft workers at the nation’s lone nuclear construction project by 20% as the number of COVID-19 cases has skyrocketed in less than two weeks. Atlanta-based Southern and...
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By Kristi E. Swartz, E&E News Southern Co. warned yesterday that the economic fallout from an ongoing pandemic could have long-lasting effects on the company’s supply chains and capital markets, and possibly disrupt construction of the...
More infoCOVID-19 Crisis: 60 Organizations Call on Georgia Governor to Take Immediate Action to Ensure Residents are Protected from Utility Shut Offs
ATLANTA (April 1, 2020) | Today, 60 organizations across Georgia called on Governor Brian Kemp to take immediate action pursuant to his authority granted under the state’s emergency management act to ensure utility customers remain connected to...
More infoDalton Utilities bill advances
By Riley Bunch – Thomasville Times-Enterprise ATLANTA — The longtime, contentious bill that would exempt Dalton Utilities from a public referendum to borrow money for electrical projects advanced out of one House committee Tuesday. Legislation...
More infoGeorgia regulators OK hike to natural gas bills starting in January
Atlanta Gas Light rate increase follows Georgia Power bill hike By Matt Kempner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA – First, elected state regulators approved a rate increase that will hit Georgia Power customers next month. Now, they’ve also...
More infoGeorgia regulators approve $1.77 billion power rate increase
By Jeff Amy, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Bills will be going up next year for Georgia Power Co.’s 2.6 million customers across the state. The Georgia Public Service Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday for a plan projected to cost customers an additional...
More infoElectric bills to increase next month – Higher rates, fees will continue to be phased in over three years.
By: Matt Kempnermkempner@ajc.com AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE POWER RATES Watch Now Georgia Power customers will see their monthly electric bills rise, with some of the increase kicking in next month and growing over three years, state regulators ruled Tuesday...
More infoGeorgia Power electric bills to increase starting in January
WSB-TV Watch Now ATLANTA — Georgia Power customers will see their monthly bills rise, with some of the increase kicking in next month, state regulators ruled Tuesday. The Georgia Public Service Commission did not immediately tabulate how much average...
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