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The True Citizen, Wednesday, November 3, 2021 — Page 3
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Georgia Power revises Units 3 & 4 completion dates
Georgia Power announced a
revised schedule for the Vogtle
3 & 4 nuclear expansion proj
ect , according to an October 21
press release.
The company projects a Unit
3 in-service date in the third
quarter of 2022 and a Unit 4
in-service date in the second
quarter of 2023, representing a
three-month shift for each unit.
The change is primarily due to
the need for additional time to
address continued construc
tion challenges and to allow
for the comprehensive testing
necessary to ensure quality and
safety standards are fully met.
Unit 3 fuel load could oc
cur as early as the first quarter
of 2022, but a fuel load date
as late as May 2022 should
support a third quarter 2022
in-service date.
“As we’ve said from the
beginning of this project, we
are going to build these units
the right way, without com
promising safety and quality
to achieve a schedule dead
line,” said Georgia Power CEO
Chris Womack in the press
release. “We have endured and
overcome some extraordinary
circumstances building the first
new nuclear units in the U.S.
in more than 30 years. Despite
these challenges, progress at
the site has been steady and
evident.”
Progress continues to be
made toward Unit 3 fuel load
following the successful com
pletion of hot functional test
ing this summer. Unit 3 direct
construction is 99% complete;
with the total Vogtle 3 & 4 ex
pansion project approximately
95% compete.
The overall projected peak
rate impact to Georgia Power’s
retail customers is approxi
mately 10%, with nearly 3%
in rates today. The rate impacts
ster. The City Council agreed to
allow Ellison to terminate the
service, he said.
Ellison stated he is not op
posed to recycling and if di
rected by the council he will
re-install the dumpster but feels
that more economically fea
sible alternatives for recycling
include customer benefits that
the company proactively pur
sued, including federal produc
tion tax credits and interest sav
ings from the Department of
Energy loan guarantees as well
as fuel savings associated with
additional nuclear units to the
generation mix. Protections put
in place by the Georgia Public
Service Commission (PSC) to
reduce the company’s return
on equity during construction
are projected to save customers
approximately $1.3 million.
service
should be sought.
“Everybody wants to re
cycle, and I’m all for that,”
he said. “Tell me how we are
going to pay for it and we will
do it.”
City trashes recycling
Waynesboro residents may too much. In fact, it was cost-
have noticed that a recycling ing Waynesboro twice as much
dumpster no longer stands in to haul the recyclables to North
the parking lot behind the Augusta than it was to haul
Waynesboro Police Depart- garbage to the landfill, he said,
ment. Additionally, residents were
Public Works Director Jody not sorting through their gar-
Ellison said it was removed bage and they were tossing
because it was costing the city non-recyclables into the dump-
State Rep. pays unexpected visit to Sardis
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
The Hon. Gloria Frazier,
State Representative for House
District 126, would like to see
Sardis constituents casting
their votes electronically.
Frazier recently responded
to several complaints from
Sardis constituents regarding
alleged violations of Georgia
voting laws which state that
candidates must maintain 150
feet of distance from polling
places.
“Since the early voting start
ed...I’ve gotten several calls,
actually four, from constituents
in Sardis, calling to let me
know that they were concerned
about the voting rules being
violated,” Frazier said October
29. “According to the rules,
the incumbents and candidates
who are running for office have
to be at least 150 feet away
from the polling station at all
times.”
Initially, Frazier called City
Clerk/Registrar Jennie Johnson
and inquired into whether there
was truth in the allegations and
briefed her on state guidelines
and voter rules.
Afterward, Frazier folio wed-
up with an unexpected visit to
Sardis. None of the candidates
were anywhere in sight.
“We have voter protection
laws in place and people have
to adhere to the rules and regu
lations when it comes to these
elections, especially with the
climate that we have here in
the State of Georgia,” Frazier
said. “I was very concerned
about those allegations, so I
physically went to Sardis to
see exactly where the polling
place was and to look at the
distance.”
Frazier did not receive any
more complaints after the
initial phone call to the Sardis
City Hall.
While she was in town,
Frazier became concerned
that Sardis continues to utilize
the paper ballot process to
cast votes. Johnson, who is
not opposed to electronic vote
casting, pointed out that the
city can’t afford an election
machine.
“They have an option, they
don’t have to hold their own
elections,” Frazier said. “They
can actually go under the Burke
County and the county (Board
of Elections) can hold their
elections. That is something we
are going to have to
look into because I SEE
am very uncomfort- SARDIS,
able with the paper 11
Engaged at the Lincoln Memorial
Macy Cochran and Turner Johnson became engaged at the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 9. Miss Cochran,
a Waynesboro native, is the daughter of Chip Cochran and
Phyllis Cochran. Her grandparents are James and Margie
Cochran and Jimmy and Gloria Miller, all of Waynesboro. She
lives In Alexandria, Va., and works at the American Conservative
Union as the Director of Development and Event Coordinator
for CPAC. Mr. Johnson is a native of Greenville.
WHAT’S NEXT?
THURSDAY, NOV. 4
Burke County Retired Educators Association will meet at 3
p.m. at Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church on West
Seventh Street. Waynesboro Police Chief Willie Burley is guest
speaker. Attendees are required to wear masks.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor:
On October 26,2021 Shellie
Smitley, a writer for the True
Citizen newspaper, wrote an ar
ticle about Keysville. The topic
for this article was, “When the
devil comes to Keysville”. The
heading was insulting and de
grading. I would like to know
who was she referring to?
Has she ever been to
Keysville on the second Sun
day in October? The majority
of the citizens in Keysville
know that Camp Meeting or
Harvest Day is a Religious
Celebration at Mount Tabor
African Methodist Episcopal
Church. The church is not
involved with the traffic in the
city. Many cars are from out
of town and they are there for
other reasons.
This article appeared to em
phasize that city officials lack
the qualification or skills for
conducting business.
In my opinion, there was
bias in her reporting as evi
denced by the many negative
statements and few positive
comments. The council meet
ing ended on a positive note
with many citizens of Keysville
willing to help with the traf
fic situation. I think Shellie
should be on the lookout for the
“Devil” everywhere not just in
Keysville.
Respectfully,
Reverend La Verne
Comer, Pastor
Mount Tabor African
Methodist Episcopal
Church
Keysville, Georgia
Editor:
Kudos and appreciation to
Burke Medical Center and
Burke County EMA for the
professionalism and compas
sionate care given to my wife
Barbara last month during her
hospital stay.
I was impressed by the qual
ity of care and the coordination
with AU-MCG regarding her
COVID treatment. She was
treated with kindness and
respect.
Because of the loving care
she received and for being
allowed to be with her during
her hospital stay, I will be for
ever grateful. Thank you again
for the attentive, considerate
and gracious treatment she
received.
Thankfully but ruefully,
Edmund G. Byne
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