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Georgia Power Wins Approval for 3.2-GW OpenAI Power Deal
2+ week, 3+ day ago (481+ words) CNOOC Posts Record Profit as China Pumps More Oil at Home Norway’s oil production is at… The Trump administration’s new campaign… Georgia Power has secured regulatory approval for a contract to supply OpenAI’s planned project in Effingham County, Georgia, adding…...
Georgia Power deal to serve $20B OpenAI data center goes under the microscope
3+ week, 6+ day ago (982+ words) Georgia Power’s deal to provide electricity to a massive, OpenAI campus planned near Savannah is drawing regulators’ scrutiny and reviving debates about how to keep residential customers safe from the facilities’ costs. The proposed $20 billion data center complex from OpenAI,…...
Why Georgia Power bills stay high despite rate cuts
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (633+ words) This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Many Georgians are likely seeing higher electric bills as the summer weather warms up. That’s typical, and it’s still happening this year even…...
Data centers give a jolt to Georgia Power parent company’s profits
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (643+ words) Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent of Georgia Power, saw profits climb 11.5% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the utility and energy conglomerate announced Thursday. Southern earned $1.71 billion between July and the end of September, up…...
Public Service Commission upholds Georgia Power expansion in 3-2 vote
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (801+ words) On Feb. 18, Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted whether it would reconsider its order to green light Georgia Power’s massive energy buildout. After two Democrats took PSC seats in January, The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of energy…...
Georgia regulators won’t revisit approval of new power plants for data centers
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (640+ words) The Public Service Commission on Wednesday rejected a request from environmental groups to reconsider its approval of a Georgia Power plan to add huge amounts of electricity generation capacity to serve data centers....
PSC must consider families, climate legacy before approving Ga. Power proposal
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (604+ words) On Dec. 10, I attended the Georgia Public Service Commission hearing on the latest Georgia Power request. Even before the hearing began, those of us preparing to speak sensed something was wrong. In the cafeteria, there was a sudden rush of…...
Would Okefenokee mining affect a key aquifer? Likely yes, new study finds.
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (1019+ words) Many scientists feared a now-scuttled plan to mine next to the Okefenokee Swamp would alter the water levels of the refuge. The mining company itself disputed those claims, arguing the water it planned to pump from the underlying aquifer would…...
Monday Mailbag: Independents, Georgia Power bills and data centers
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (172+ words) On Monday’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast, AJC journalists Greg Bluestein and Tia Mitchell dive into listener questions about independents, Georgia power bills and data centers. Bluestein also analyzes what was behind Democrats stunning victory in a…...
Georgia Power, PSC staff strike deal to allow historic data center expansion
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (694+ words) Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission’s staff unveiled a deal Wednesday that would allow the utility to add about 10,000 megawatts of power supplies in just five years, an unprecedented expansion that’s mostly to serve data centers. The agreement, known…...