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THURSDAY. JUNE 30. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3A
Eighty-three graduate from Chatt Tech’s
adult education programs
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Students who recently completed their High School Equivalency (HSE) or English as a Second Language
(ESL) studies in the Adult Education program are shown above.
degree and works as a Tech
nology Systems Support
Technician at the Ap
palachian Campus.
The Chattahoochee Tech
Adult Education program of
fers free HSE exam prepara
tion classes for students who
didn’t finish high school. A
high school equivalency is a
recognized alternative to a
high school diploma. The
college’s Adult Education
program also offers free Eng
lish as a Second Language
classes, as well as business
soft skills classes.
These classes help stu
dents learn the skills needed
to complete their high school
equivalency, attain citizen
ship, go to college, or find a
job. Learning centers are
available in Bartow, Chero
kee, Gilmer, Paulding and
Pickens counties, with day,
evening and online classes
available at most centers.
For more information,
visit www.Chatta-
hoocheeTech.edu.
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Bradley Scott Proctor and his father, of Pickens County, with Chattahoochee Tech Pres
ident Dr. Ron Newcomb.
The Adult Education pro
gram at Chattahoochee Tech
nical College celebrated
graduates of the High School
Equivalency (HSE) and Eng
lish as a Second Language
(ESL) programs with a cere
mony held Thursday, June
16, at the college’s Ap
palachian Campus in Jasper.
Chattahoochee Tech Pres
ident Dr. Ron Newcomb con
gratulated each one of the 83
graduates crossing the stage
at this event.
Delivering the keynote
address by way of a video
presentation was Malcolm
Paschall, the college’s 2022
winner of the Rick Perkins
Award for Excellence in
Technical Education.
Paschall, a Chattahoochee
Tech graduate who began his
educational journey by earn
ing a GED, currently serves
as an instructor and clinical
coordinator for the college’s
Radiography program.
Included among the HSE
graduates at this year’s cere
mony was Bradley Scott
Proctor, of Pickens County,
who works as a custodian at
the Appalachian Campus,
with plans to continue his
college education at Chatta
hoochee Tech.
His father, Scott Proctor,
recently graduated from
Chattahoochee Tech with an
Associate of Applied Science
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Georgia Power looking to raise rates
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Georgia
Power is asking the state
Public Service Commission
(PSC) for a rate hike of
nearly 12% during the next
three years, with the vast ma
jority of the increase front-
loaded into 2023.
The proposed increase,
which the Atlanta-based util
ity filed Friday with the PSC,
would raise the average resi
dential customer’s bill by
$16.29 per month. Of that
amount, $14.32 would take
effect next Jan. 1. Another
$1.35 would be tacked onto
monthly bills in 2024, fol
lowed by an increase of 62
cents in 2025.
The increase is needed to
strengthen Georgia Power’s
electric grid, add more re
newable energy to its power-
generation portfolio and
improve customer service,
said Chris Womack, the com
pany’s chairman, president
and CEO.
“It’s a real significant
commitment to our infra
structure to make sure we are
responding to our customers
... as we move from coal to
more gas and solar,” he said.
Georgia Power also is
seeking a return on equity
(ROE) of 11%, up from the
10.5% ROE the commission
approved in the utility’s last
rate case three years ago.
“We’re requesting to
maintain the financial in
tegrity of the company,”
Womack said of the ROE
proposal. “That actually puts
downward pressure on
rates.”
Environmental and con
sumer advocates criticized
the proposed rate hike as ex
cessive.
“Georgia Power’s cus
tomers already pay some of
the highest electric bills in
the country,” said Liz Coyle,
executive director of the con
sumer advocacy group Geor
gia Watch. “If the Public
Service Commission ap
proves this steep rate hike, it
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hold budgets.”
“Sierra Club is carefully
reviewing Georgia Power’s
proposal, and we’ll be look
ing for any unreasonable in
vestments in existing,
uneconomic fossil fuel plants
as well as how the company
plans to deal with the cost of
coal ash clean up,” added
Chariine Whyte, senior cam
paign representative for the
Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal
Campaign in Georgia.
“Throughout this rate case
proceeding, Sierra Club will
fight to make sure customers
aren’t stuck paying the bill
for coal plants that Georgia
Power doesn’t even need.”
Georgia Power has been
reducing its reliance on fossil
fuels in recent years. In the
rate-case filing, the utility is
proposing to retire 3,600
megawatts of generating ca
pacity from coal- and oil-
burning power plants by
2028.
The company is pledging
to add 6,000 megawatts of
power from renewable en
ergy by 2035, doubling its
generating capacity from re
newable sources.
Georgia Power also plans
to increase its commitment to
electric vehicles. A shortage
of EV charging stations
across Georgia has been
identified as a barrier to de
veloping the technology
“We want to be a good
partner in supporting the
buildout of that infrastruc
ture,” Womack said.
The PSC will hold hear
ings on the rate hike request
later this year and vote on the
proposal in December.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Serv
ice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Founda
tion.
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