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Georgia Power closing coal burning plants
DAVE WILLIAMS
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia Power pledged
Monday to close nearly all of
its coal-burning power plants
and double its renewable en
ergy generating capacity.
In documents filed with the
state Public Service Com
mission (PSC), the Atlanta-
based utility proposed retir
ing 12 coal-burning units by
2028, leaving only two units at
Plant Bowen near Cartersville,
which would be closed no later
than 2035.
At the same time, the com
pany plans to add 6,000 mega
watts of renewable energy to
its power generation portfolio,
also by 2035. One megawatt
is enough electricity to power
813 average homes.
Relying less on coal and
more on solar power and other
forms of renewable energy
is being driven both by ever-
tightening federal regulation
of carbon-pollution emitting
Rich
dresses, aprons, and such and
made a special pillow for her
loved ones. There were 20 in
all.
For her 90th birthday, she
had but one request. “I want to
ride your horse,” she told her
son, Thomas.
Unbeknownst to her, Thom
as and his wife arranged a
rodeo party. When Mrs. Parks
arrived, she was happily sur
prised to see the horse saddled
coal and by market forces,
said Chris Womack, Georgia
Power’s chairman, president
and CEO.
“As operating coal [plants]
has gotten more expensive,
we’ve seen additional com
petitiveness of solar,” he said.
Georgia Power files an up
dated Integrated Resource Plan
(IRP) with the PSC every three
years outlining the sources of
power generation it intends to
rely on to meet the demands of
its 2.7 million customers for
the next 20 years.
While Georgia Power ups
its commitment to renewable
energy in the 2022 IRP, natu
ral gas will continue to play a
key role.
The IRP calls for the utility
to acquire 2,356 megawatts of
gas through power-purchasing
agreements with other utilities.
“Renewable resources are
mainly intermittent,” Womack
said. “We need energy resourc
es available around the clock.”
Georgia Power also plans
Continued from 5
and waiting. She didn’t hesi
tate. She climbed right on and
rode until her heart’s content.
Wanda Parks, with a sharp
mind, has many stories and
pieces of world wisdom to
share that I believe she will be
sharing long after her 100th
birthday.
This is the second of a two
part series about an excep
tional, Southern woman. Ronda
Rich is a best-selling author.
to help offset the intermittent
nature of renewable power by
stepping up its commitment to
battery storage, a technology
the company first deployed
with its last IRP.
In 2019, Georgia Power
rolled out its first 80 megawatts
of renewable power obtained
through battery storage. The
new IRP calls for exponentially
increasing its development of
battery storage to 1,000 mega
watts by 2030.
The new IRP also calls for
experimenting with “tall wind”
technology by building wind
turbines 140 meters to 165
meters high.
“At lower altitudes, you
don’t get much wind in Geor
gia,” Womack said.
A spokeswoman with the
Sierra Club said the IRP is a
“step in the right direction.”
But Charline Whyte, a senior
representative for the group’s
Beyond Coal Campaign in
Georgia, said the plan relies too
much on natural gas.
Searles
Continued from 5
Ignoring these cries and failing
to respond to this movement
is simply not an option — for
peace cannot exist where jus
tice is not served." Striking or
stirring a hornets’ nest, is never
a preferable option. I only hope
that we can learn from nations
that lost their democracy and
acknowledge a similar fate
could await us.
“It’s time for Georgia Power
to stop clinging to fossil fuel
plants that pollute our air and
water, needlessly increase costs
for customers, and directly
damage our climate,” she said.
“Transitioning to clean energy
would save customers money
immediately, invest in our lo
cal economy, and provide good
jobs here in Georgia.”
The 2022 IRP will be the
subject of PSC hearings dur
ing the next few months, with
a commission vote expected
during the summer.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Ser
vice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Foundation.
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