Georgia Power
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Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in
Georgia Power is the largest of the four electric utilities that are owned and operated by
In 2006, the Savannah Electric & Power Company, a separate subsidiary of Southern Company, was merged into Georgia Power.[5]
History
Originally the Georgia Railway and Power Company, it began in 1902 as a company running the
The company built several
Following cost increases in August 2018 for building two additional nuclear reactors at its
In September 2018, in order to sustain the project, Georgia Power agreed to pay an additional proportion of the costs of the smaller project partners if completion costs exceeded $9.2 billion.[10]
In 2019, Georgia Power's CEO, Paul Bowers, testified before state regulators seeking to get an approval for the company's request to add about $200 a year to the average residential customer's bills.[11] In June 2021, Georgia Power again sought a $235 million a year rates increase once Vogtle unit 3 starts operation, an overall 10% increase in rates, to recover capital construction costs and operating costs.[12]
Oil Pollution Prevention Violation
In August 2022, the EPA fined Georgia Power $1,906 after an Atlanta facility failed an audit for oil spill prevention. Among other violations, it was found that Georgia Power had no method of predicting a potential oil spill, no containment plan, and inadequate facility drainage.[13]
Coal power
Georgia Power operates the Robert W. Scherer Power Plant, also known as Plant Scherer, in
Transmission system
Georgia Power utilizes transmission lines carrying 115,000 volts, 230,000 volts and 500,000 volts. Georgia Power has interconnections with the Tennessee Valley Authority to the north, sister company Alabama Power to the west, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy to the east, and Florida Power & Light, Duke, and the city of Tallahassee to the south.[citation needed]
Transition to renewables and Plant Mitchell shutdown
Georgia Power asked the state's public service commission for approval to convert the coal-fired Plant Mitchell to run on wood fuel. If approved, the
Generating facilities
Georgia Power owns and operates a total of 46 generating plants which include hydroelectric dams, fossil fueled generating plants and nuclear power plants, which provide electricity to more than 2.4 million customers in all but four of Georgia's counties.[18]
Hydroelectric dams
Georgia Power Hydro incorporates 19 hydro electric generating units to produce a generation capacity of 1,087,536
Plant | Nearest City | Capacity |
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Barnett Shoals Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Athens, Georgia | 2,800 kW |
Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Columbus, Georgia | 173,000 kW |
Burton Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Clayton, Georgia | 6,120 kW |
Estatoah Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Mountain City, Georgia | 240 kW |
Flint River Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Albany, Georgia | 5,400 kW |
Goat Rock Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Columbus, Georgia | 38,600 kW |
Langdale Hydroelectric Generating Plant | West Point, Georgia | 1,040 kW |
Lloyd Shoals Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Jackson, Georgia | 14,400 kW |
Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Sandy Springs, Georgia | 16,800 kW |
Nacoochee Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Clayton, Georgia | 4,800 kW |
North Highlands Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Columbus, Georgia | 29,600 kW |
Oliver Dam Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Columbus, Georgia | 60,000 kW |
Riverview Hydroelectric Generating Plant | West Point, Georgia | 480 kW |
Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Rome, Georgia | 215,256 kW |
Sinclair Dam Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Eatonton, Georgia | 45,000 kW |
Tallulah Falls Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Tallulah Falls, Georgia | 72,000 kW |
Terrora Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Tallulah Falls, Georgia | 16,000 kW |
Tugalo Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Lakemont, Georgia | 45,000 kW |
Wallace Dam Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Eatonton, Georgia | 321,300 kW |
Yonah Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Lakemont, Georgia | 22,500 kW |
Fossil fuel power plants
Plant | Nearest City | Number of Units | Capacity |
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Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Bowen) | Cartersville, Georgia | 4 | 3,160,000 kW |
Harllee Branch Jr. Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Branch) (CLOSED) | Eatonton, Georgia | 4 | 1,539,700 kW |
William P. Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Rome, Georgia | 4 | 800,000 kW |
Kraft Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Savannah, Georgia | 4 | 281,136 kW |
John J. McDonough Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Smyrna, Georgia | 2 | 490,000 kW |
McIntosh Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Savannah, Georgia | 9 | 810,000 kW |
McIntosh Combined Cycle Plant | Rincon, Georgia | 2 | 1,240,000 kW |
Clifford Braswall McManus Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Brunswick, Georgia | 2 | 596,000 kW |
W. E. Mitchell Steam-Electric Generating Plant (31°26'41.13"N, 84°8'2.34"W) | Albany, Georgia | 4 | 243,000 kW |
Robins Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Warner Robins, Georgia | 2 | 166,000 kW |
Robert W. Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Scherer) | Juliette, Georgia | 4 | 3,272,000 kW |
Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Wansley) | Carrollton, Georgia | 2 | 951,872 kW |
Allen B. Wilson Combustion Turbine Plant | Waynesboro, Georgia | 354,100 kW | |
Eugene A. Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant | Newnan, Georgia | 2 | 700,000 kW |
Nuclear power plants
Plant | Nearest City | Number of Units | Capacity |
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Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant | Waynesboro, Georgia | 3 | 2,430,000 kW |
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant | Baxley, Georgia | 2 | 1,726,000 kW |
References
- ^ "Background - Georgia Power". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ^ "SEC Filings - Southern Company" (Press release). Southern Company.
- ^ See generally Carson, O. E. "The Trolley Titans" (Interurban Special No. 76)(Glendale, 1981)(0916374467).
- ^ "Background - Georgia Power". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ^ "A State of Innovation: Georgia Power". Georgia Historical Society. July 20, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Kurtz, p.69
- ^ Sebree, Mac; and Ward, Paul (1974). The Trolley Coach in North America, pp. 14–19. Los Angeles: Interurbans. LCCN 74-20367.
- ^ Ondieki, Anastaciah (August 9, 2018). "Moody's downgrades Georgia Power's credit rating over new Plant Vogtle costs". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ Walton, Rod (August 9, 2018). "'Vogtle Cost Upgrade Causes Rethinking of $25B Nuclear Plant's Future". Power Engineering. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ "Vogtle owners vote to continue construction". World Nuclear News. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ^ Kempner, Matt (October 1, 2019). "Georgia Power questioned on plan to add $200 annually to average bill". WSBTV. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Georgia Power seeks rate increase to pay for Vogtle". Nuclear Engineering International. June 21, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "DOCKET NO.: CWA-04-2022-0406(b)" (PDF). EPA Administrative Enforcement Dockets. August 2, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Natural History Magazine | Feature". Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
- ^ "CGD ranks CO2 emissions from power plants worldwide | EurekAlert! Science News". Eurekalert.org. November 14, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "Plant Branch still operating, closure imminent". The Union-Recorder. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "Plant Mitchell". Georgia Power. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
- ^ "Plants - Georgia Power". Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
Notes
- Kurtz, Wilber, "Technical Advisor: The Making of Gone With The Wind. The Hollywood Journals", Atlanta Historical Journal, Vol. XXII, No.2, Summer, 1978.
External links
- Official website
- Southern Company
- Georgia Power historical marker
- Georgia Railway and Power Company Trolley Waiting Station historical marker