Articles Tagged with ''Georgia Power''

Utility Fire at Atlanta Airport Grounds About 1,400 Flights

December 20, 2017

A Sept. 17 fire in an underground Georgia Power utility tunnel knocked out power to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,400 flights and stranding thousands of passengers in the terminal and aboard planes on the tarmac of the world’s busiest airport.

Power Plant Construction

State Analysts Blast Georgia Nuclear Project's Costs as Unreasonable

The public service commission staff criticizes utility's plan to pay to finish Plant Vogtle

Scott Judy

December 4, 2017

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PSC staffers pushed back on Georgia Power's request to have all future costs deemed "reasonable."

Feds OK Financial Aid for Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Scott Judy

October 4, 2017

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Meanwhile, the utility owner of the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion in South Carolina faces subpoena over cancelled project

Project Delivery

Turnaround Eludes Nuclear Power Plant Vogtle

Contractors Westinghouse and Fluor ramp up workforce on long-delayed Georgia project

Scott Judy

January 18, 2017

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Last spring, at the Plant Vogtle construction site near Waynesboro, Ga., executives representing Georgia Power, its lead contractors and trades groups gathered to commit publicly to turning around the $16-billion nuclear power-plant expansion.

Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Builders Pledge Construction, Worker Gains

Scott Judy

May 11, 2016

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Officially commemorating the 130th day under a new contracting team that is leading the $16-billion Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project, top leaders with Georgia Power and its contractors on May 3 used the milestone to assure craft workers of their commitment to future construction gains.

Contractor Shake-Up Stirs Nuclear Project's Acceleration

Vogtle nuclear expansion project’s contractors plan to increase the number of workers to make up lost time

Scott Judy

March 21, 2016

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The new contractors at Plant Vogtle, the nuclear powerplant project where completion cost estimates have ballooned to $16 billion, know that the eyes of the world’s construction and engineering industry, not to mention Georgia Power ratepayers, are upon them.