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Georgia Approves Rate Increase for Plant Vogtle Nuclear Project

Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously approves rate increase to pay for remaining costs at Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors in a costly and contentiou...

Top News · Dec 19, 2023

Regulators approve deal to pay for Georgia Power's new nuclear reactors

Regulators have unanimously approved an additional 6% rate increase to pay for remaining costs at Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023

Regulators begin hearings on how much customers should pay for Georgia nuclear reactors

Georgia Power Co. is urging the state’s utility regulators to approve a deal to pay for the company’s new nuclear reactors

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

Georgia utilities regulator elects new chair

The Georgia Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities, elected on Thursday Commissioner Jason Shaw as its incoming chairman effective July 22.

Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023

Timeline: How Georgia and South Carolina nuclear reactors ran so far off course

The first of two nuclear reactors in Georgia is generating electricity and could be days away from achieving full-power operation

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Georgia nuclear rebirth arrives 7 years late, $17B over cost

The first new U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades has begun generating electricity

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time

A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Utility begins loading fuel at new Georgia nuclear plant

Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a new nuclear reactor in Georgia

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Georgia nuclear plant gets OK to load fuel at new reactor

Federal regulators say a nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel into one of its two new reactors

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Few states have seen more major gas leaks than Georgia, report finds

Few states see more natural gas leaks from pipelines than Georgia does, according to a new analysis of federal incident data, leading to millions of dollars in damages and at least two deaths here since 2010.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022