Tag Archives: Georgia Power

PSC okays earlier date for Ga. Power fuel cost reduction

Georgia Power will move up by a month its planned reduction in the fuel cost recovery rate it adds to customer bills . . .

Tags: Chuck Eaton , fuel cost recovery , Georgia Power , natural gas prices , PSC , Tim Echols

Questions about cost overruns, design problems, delays overhang Ga. Power nuke project

Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors are already facing cost overruns potentially as high as $900 million, along with an eight-month delay in completion . . .

Tags: Bobby Baker , Chuck Eaton , cost overruns , Georgia Power , nuclear reactors , Plant Vogtle , PSC , schedule delays , SEC , Southern Co. , Stan Wise , Tim Echols , Westinghouse

Eaton asks Ga. Power to give customers an early price break

PSC member Chuck Eaton urges Georgia Power to accelerate a price break for its customers by making a rate reduction effective a month early on June 1 . . .

Tags: Chuck Eaton , fuel recovery costs , Georgia Power , PSC

Ga. Power will reduce fuel costs it charges customers

Georgia Power says it will cut the rates it charges customers to recover the fuel costs associated with generating electricity, a move spurred by dropping demand for electricity and reduced costs of natural gas . . .

Tags: Angela Speir , Bobby Baker , Chuck Eaton , fuel recovery rates , Georgia Power , Georgia Watch , Jim Clarkson , natural gas costs , PSC , Stan Wise

PSC okays plans to close coal- and oil-fired power plants

PSC approves Georgia Power’s proposal to decertify three fossil-fuel electric generation plants . . .

Tags: coal-fired plants , decertify , Georgia Power , PSC , Purchase Power Agreements

House bill increases buying limit on solar power

The House approves legislation that raises the upper limit on solar-generated electricity that Georgia Power buys back from its customers . . .

Tags: Georgia Power , solar-generated electricity

Carter pulls solar bill, looks for alternate path

Sen. Buddy Carter’s solar energy bill is pulled from committee after he loses the votes of several senators . . .

Tags: Buddy Carter , David Shafer , Georgia Power , solar generation

Alchemy and the Public Service Commission

Former PSC member Bobby Baker outlines the latest regulatory scheme by Georgia Power by take money from the pockets of ratepayers . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Bobby Baker , coal-fired plants , Georgia Power , PSC

Carter tries end run on solar power bill

Sen. Buddy Carter keeps his bill promoting solar generation of electric power in play by shifting it to another committee . . .

Tags: Buddy Carter , Casey Cagle , Georgia Power , solar generation

Prospects are dark for solar energy bill

With a big assist from Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Georgia Power keeps the lid on a bill that would promote cheaper, solar-generated electricity . . .

Tags: Buddy Carter , Casey Cagle , Chris Clark , Georgia Chamber of Commerce , Georgia Power , Ross Tolleson , solar power , Tim Echols