By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News A consumer group is taking Georgia utility regulators to court over a decision to greenlight Georgia Power Co.’s nuclear expansion project, which is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget...
More infoGeorgia Watch Challenges Public Service Commission Decision on Plant Vogtle
ATLANTA, GA, March 8, 2018 – On behalf of Georgia Watch, Barnes Law Group has filed a petition to contest in court a decision of the Georgia Public Service Commission approving the continuation of the Vogtle nuclear expansion project despite a near...
More infoVogtle’s utility owner logs fresh progress
By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News Georgia Power Co. has hired more than a dozen nuclear operators from a now-shuttered nuclear reactor project in South Carolina to work on its own site in Georgia. The move will save Georgia Power two years of time...
More infoEffort to end financing law gains steam in Ga
By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News ATLANTA — A bill that would end the controversial financing law that’s being used to expand Plant Vogtle passed the Georgia Senate yesterday. The measure would apply only to future nuclear reactors and would...
More infoUtility lending bill runs into opposition
By Jill Nolin – Daily Citizen-News A proposal to let local governments borrow money for electric utility projects without a public vote has run into resistance at the state Capitol. The statewide bill is essentially tailored for Dalton Utilities...
More infoNRC investigation reveals document falsification at Georgia’s Plant Vogtle 1&2
By Anastaciah Ondieki – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a $145,000 civil penalty against Southern Nuclear company in the wake of violations related to plant inspections at Vogtle 1 and 2 . In a...
More infoBill limiting Georgia Power profits would not apply to Vogtle delays
By Anastaciah Ondieki – Atlanta Journal-Constitution A newly proposed Senate Bill that would have limited charges on Georgia Power customer bills for the Vogtle nuclear expansion project has been amended, to apply only to future nuclear projects. The...
More infoGroups go to court to fight Public Service Commission’s approval of Plant Vogtle cost increases
By Mary Landers – Savannah Morning News Two groups are challenging the Georgia Public Service Commission’s recent decision to approve billions of dollars in cost overruns for the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion. The Southern Environmental Law Center...
More infoGa. Nuclear Bill, No Longer About Vogtle, Clears Committee
By Molly Samuel – WABE A proposed bill that would have limited how much Georgia Power customers have to pay to help build nuclear Plant Vogtle doesn’t do that anymore. Now the bill affects any future nuclear power plants but doesn’t change things for...
More infoGa. panel votes to scrap project financing law with Vogtle carve-out
By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate panel swiftly passed a bill that ends a controversial financing law for nuclear power plants but leaves Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle expansion project alone. The measure is a...
More infoPSC decision on Georgia Power’s Vogtle challenged in court
By Anastaciah Ondieki – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Three groups opposed to the expansion of Plant Vogtle have filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior court against the Public Service Commission, challenging the decision by state regulators to...
More infoNew budget deal to extend tax credits for Georgia Power’s Vogtle
By Anastaciah Ondieki – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Consumer advocacy groups in the state argue the extension of the nuclear production tax credits would not be necessary for Plant Vogtle had the project been completed on time. Georgia Watch and...
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