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Georgia Power Wins Approval for 3.2-GW OpenAI Power Deal
2+ week, 4+ 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
4+ week, 3+ hour 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, 2+ 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…...
Family fights Georgia Power substation moving onto cattle farm
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) A family-owned cattle farm says they’re fighting Georgia Power’s efforts to acquire some of their pastureland to build an electrical substation. Kyle and Emily Newberry, who own the 70-acre farm in Silver Creek, say the substation would severely impact their…...
Data center accused of muddying Georgia county’s drinking water
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (204+ words) (NewsNation) — As massive data center projects continue to expand across the United States, one development in Georgia is drawing scrutiny over allegations it has contaminated a town’s drinking water. The issue caught the attention of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,…...
Hurricane Helene relief for Georgia governments finally flowing
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (287+ words) As Georgia prepares for a winter storm this weekend, state lawmakers on Thursday got an update on recovery from Hurricane Helene. Josh Lamb, director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, told legislators that the state, county and…...
Data centers push Georgia Power toward natural gas, sparking cost concerns
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (855+ words) Hundreds of construction workers are on the job around the clock building Georgia’s energy future at Plant Yates, where they’re expanding a former 1950s coal power plant into a state-of-the-art natural gas powerhouse. Georgia Power says it’s part of a massive…...
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…...
A new Georgia data center could be powered by RICE. It’s not the kind you eat.
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1161+ words) Data centers use tons of electricity. Some of the largest consume as much power as a small city. Meeting those demands is a challenge for the industry. It takes time to build new power plants, tie them into the electric…...