Tag Archives: Plant Washington

Power group finds new investor for coal plant

Dean Alford says he has found a private investor to help finance the proposed Plant Washington coal-fired power facility . . .

Tags: Dean Alford , EPD , fish kill , Greenlaw , King America , Ogeechee Riverkeeper , Plant Washington , Taylor Energy

Coal-fired power plant in Ben Hill cancelled

A coal-fired power generation plant that had been proposed for Ben Hill County has been cancelled, the latest setback for coal generation in Georgia . . .

Tags: coal-fired power plant , Cobb EMC , Greenlaw , Justine Thompson , Plant Ben Hill , Plant Washington , Power4Georgians

Political Notes – Lemons could get a little more expensive

It may cost vehicle purchasers a little more money to enforce the state’s “lemon law”; former senator Jeff Chapman returns to politics as head of a new Tea Party spinoff . . .

Tags: Butch Miller , Cobb EMC , Emanuel Jones , insurance licenses , Jason Shaw , Jeff Chapman , Johnny Gresham , lemon law , Peach Tea Party , Plant Washington

Cobb EMC pulls out of Plant Washington project

Cobb EMC votes to abandon the proposed Plant Washington coal-fired power plant, leaving the future of the coal-fired power plant in doubt . . .

Tags: Chip Nelson , coal-fired power plants , Cobb EMC , Dean Alford , Plant Washington , Power4Georgians

Ga. Power plants are still largest greenhouse gas sources

The latest numbers from the EPA show that two of Georgia Power’s coal-fired plants are the largest producers of greenhouse gases in the U.S. . . .

Tags: Cobb EMC , EPA , Georgia Power , greenhouse gases , Plant Bowen , Plant Scherer , Plant Washington

Another challenge filed to coal-fired power plant

Environmental organizations file legal challenge against issuance of an EPD permit for the Plant Washington project in Sandersville . . .

Tags: air quality permit , EPD , Greenlaw , Office of State Administrative Hearings , Plant Washington , Power4Georgians

The contradictions at EPD

While there’s a new director at the state’s Environmental Protection Division, there won’t be much if any change in the way the agency operates . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: air quality permits , Allen Barnes , coal-fired power plants , EPD , Jud Turner , Plant Washington , Ronit Walker , Sonny Perdue

EPD grants permit for coal-fired power plant

The final environmental permits are issued for the construction of Plant Washington, a coal-fired power plant in Sandersville . . .

Tags: air particulates , air quality permit , EPD , organic air toxins , Plant Washington , Ronit Walker

Consumer group says Plant Washington would be too costly

Consumer group Georgia Watch questions the need and the potential costs of building the Plant Washington coal-fired power generation facility near Sandersville . . .

Tags: coal-fired power generation , Georgia Watch , Plant Washington

Judge snuffs permit for coal-fired power plant

Administrative Law Judge Ronit Walker pulls the plug on EPD permits for the coal-fired Plant Washington power facility in Sandersville . . .

Tags: EPD permits , Plant Washington , Power4Georgians , Ronit Walker