Powell Prevails in Residency Challenge
Hiawassee, GA – Jim Powell, Democratic candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission District 4, has prevailed in a residency challenge brought by his opponent for the Democratic nomination.
After an administrative hearing on Tuesday, June 24, the Judge found that Powell had presented "persuasive evidence" that in ...
For Immediate Release Hiawassee, GA – June 26, 2008 Powell Receives Endorsement of Georgia Conservation VotersJim Powell, Democratic candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission has received the endorsement of Georgia Conservation Voters for the primary election set for July 15. Powell said, “I ...
The Georgia Public Service Commission has help for those confused by the competing rates among natural gas marketers.
The PSC publishes a rate analysis on its Web site that tells what different gas marketers' rate plans really cost. Go to www.psc.state.ga.us and click on the link to "Natural Gas Marketer's Prices."
The chart includes ...
In a normal year, now is the time when natural gas prices dip between seasons — and consumers lock in favorable contracts for the winter.
This is not that year.
Natural gas prices posted for June are not only the highest of the year, they're the highest in history — higher even than in the record-breaking ...
Georgia Power will pay approximately $6.4 billion to Westinghouse Electric to build its share of two proposed 1,100-megawatt nuclear reactors at the utility's Vogtle plant south of Augusta, the utility said Wednesday.
If approved, the plants promise customers higher power bills starting in 2018. Customers would pay an additional $12 ...
In response to rising coal prices, Georgia Power will request approval of a 2.8 percent rate increase at Georgia Public Service Commission hearings today and Wednesday.
"Higher costs for coal are driving us to have to seek an increase from customers," said Konswello Monroe, a spokeswoman for Georgia Power. "They're driven ...
Residential customers of Georgia Power will pay an additional $2.93 a month starting in June because of a deal between the Atlanta-based utility and the state.
The agreement, approved 3-2 by the Georgia Public Service Commission on Tuesday, allows the utility to recoup $222 million from customers to pay for the ...
Energy efficiency has met three-quarters of the U.S. demand for new energy services since 1970, but it goes relatively unnoticed amid a focus on energy production, according to a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The report notes that the U.S. economy uses half ...
Southern Co. plans to spend $14 billion on new utility poles, wires and power plants in the next three years to keep up with the Southeast's population growth, CEO David Ratcliffe said at the company's annual meeting Wednesday
The initiative will include converting two coal-fired power plants to produce electricity from ...
On Thursday, May 22, the Oglethorpe Democrats hosted a Democratic Candidate Forum for local, district and statewide candidates. Seven local Democratic candidates participated as well as one candidate for districtwide and one for statewide office. Each candidate was limited to a five minute introduction followed ...