Latest Georgia Public Service Commission Stories
ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power outlined its plans to continue to meet the state's electricity needs reliably and affordably in its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), filed today with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO ) Georgia Power is required to file an IRP every three years, and may also file updates when necessary. The filing outlines the company's 20-year resource plan, and details how...
ATLANTA, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power expects to request approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to decertify and retire 15 coal- and oil-fired generating units totaling 2,061 megawatts (MW), the company announced today. The request to decertify units 3 and 4 at Plant Branch in Putnam County; units 1-5 at Plant Yates in Coweta County; units 1 and 2 at Plant McManus in Glynn County; and units 1-4 at Plant Kraft in Chatham County, will be included in...
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Maybe I'm crazy but, I would never prepay the mortgage on a home before I could live in it, especially without knowing how much the principal balance was or how many years I was going to have to pay. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121105/CG05848) As consumers, we expect accountability when it comes to our hard earned money being spent by others. We like to get what we pay for. Too bad right now we are paying for...
ATLANTA, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power today filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to reduce fuel rates by approximately 7 percent and total annual billings by approximately $122 million. That equates to a savings of approximately $1.82, or 1.6 percent, on the total monthly bill of a typical residential customer averaging 1,000 kilowatt-hours. The new, lower rates would begin Jan. 1, 2013. Last month, the company announced it would...
ATLANTA, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power today advised the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) of its intention to file a fuel rate reduction on November 1. If approved, the new, lower rates would begin January 1, 2013. The company is voluntarily triggering the Interim Fuel Rider (IFR) provision, which requires the company to adjust rates if the balance of its fuel accounts is significantly over or under expected targets. Fuel rates were reduced 19 percent...
ATLANTA, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power today filed a new solar initiative - the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative ("GPASI") - with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). If approved, the initiative would create the largest voluntarily developed solar portfolio from an investor-owned utility. Through GPASI, Georgia Power would acquire 210 megawatts of additional solar capacity through long term contracts over a three-year period. (Logo:...
ATLANTA, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power today filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to reduce fuel rates by 19 percent and total annual billings by approximately $567 million. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO ) That equates to a savings of approximately $8 or 6 percent on the total monthly bill of a typical residential customer averaging 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh). The proposed decrease will more than offset the...
ATLANTA, Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Public Service Commission announced today that SCANA Energy, a unit of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG), was again selected in a competitive bid to serve as Georgia's regulated provider of natural gas. The regulated provider program has been a stabilizing factor in Georgia's deregulated natural gas market since 2002, and since its inception SCANA has served in that role. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/CH80784LOGO...
ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) subsidiary Georgia Power today announced in a filing with the Georgia Public Service Commission that Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 are moving forward towards issuance of the combined construction and operating license (COL) around the end of 2011, with unit 3 becoming operational in 2016 and unit 4 in 2017. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO) The company filed the fifth semi-annual Vogtle construction...
ATLANTA, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Public Service Commission, in a 5-0 vote, approved Georgia Power's spending on Vogtle units 3 & 4 for the period including July 1, 2010, through Dec. 31, 2010. The construction of Vogtle units 3 and 4 is monitored by the Georgia Public Service Commission via monthly filings and construction monitoring reports filed every six months. Moreover, additional tools are in place to help protect customers, including $1 billion in savings from...
