As you may know, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
(ACEEE) released the 2008 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard earlier this
month. The comprehensive state energy efficiency scorecard is presented to
document best practices and recognize leadership among the states. The
scorecard can serve as a means of benchmarking state efforts, with the goal
of ...
ATLANTA — Forbes Magazine has tapped Georgia as the third best state in the nation for alternative energy from biomass. Also, cable news and business channel CNBC ranked Georgia in the top 10 and second in the Southeast in its annual rankings of “America’s Top States for Business.”
According to a ...
Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia are supporting renewable energy through renewables portfolio standards (RPS), according to a report recently released by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. RPS are policies that obligate each retail seller of electricity to include in its resource portfolio (the resources procured by the retail seller ...
Tybee Island — The wind gusted to 25 mph at the far end of this beach town's famous pier. A dozen kite surfers below skimmed across the foam-flecked ocean. Shirtless and sunburned fishermen praised the cooling powers of the southerly breezes.
The wind proved a recreational godsend. Could it also prove ...
(APN) ATLANTA -- On June 30, 2008, Fulton County Superior Court denied Greenleaf Energy Associates LLC a permit to build a coal burning power plant in Early County, Georgia, on the Florida border.
Early County has almost twice as many Black residents than the average county in Georgia, and almost twice ...
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 ...