Haskell advises against selling JEA While the recent dialogue and debate concerning the potential sale of JEA has in certain ways been productive and valuable, it has now become unduly divisive and distracting. It is time to end this unproductive discussion so that our community and its leadership can return its focus to other important … Continue reading Haskell advises against selling #JEA→
Utility companies flex their muscles, SC House votes to kill solar bill Under pressure from the state’s major utilities, the S.C. House killed a solar bill Tuesday that was intended to protect thousands of jobs and save customers money on their monthly power bills. The bill’s defeat, a stunning reversal from a House vote last … Continue reading Utility companies flex their muscles, #SC House votes to kill solar bill→
Failed nuclear project will raise customers’ power bills, Santee Cooper says Santee Cooper said Wednesday that it expects its electric rates likely will rise 7 percent because of its failed nuclear project. A conservative think tank warned Tuesday that S.C. residents served by the state-owned utility could see their power bills soar almost 14 percent … Continue reading Failed nuclear project will raise customers’ power bills, #Santee_Cooper says→
Browns Ferry Unit 3 Begins Scheduled Refueling And Maintenance Outage After generating more than 18 billion kilowatt hours of carbon-free energy over a 689-day operational run that included 653 days of continuous operation, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 3 started a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage early Saturday morning. Along with … Continue reading #Browns_Ferry Unit 3 Begins Scheduled Refueling And Maintenance Outage #TVA→
TVA plots new future with stagnant or declining demand for power January brought the coldest streak of weather in the Tennessee Valley in a decade, setting three of the top 12 all-time winter peaks for TVA and the biggest one-day consumption of electricity in TVA’s 85-year history. But last month’s weather-induced boost in power consumption … Continue reading #TVA plots new future with stagnant or declining demand for power→
TVA blasted for shifting costs from industry to homeowners The Tennessee Valley Authority is shifting more of the cost of its electricity from industrial to residential customers, keeping power rates relatively stable for homeowners while giving the biggest businesses in the Valley rate reductions of 20 percent or more over the past six years, according … Continue reading #TVA blasted for shifting costs from industry to homeowners→
Georgia Power offers up PV-plus-storage ‘smart neighbourhood’ of new houses for sale The first ‘smart neighbourhood’ in the US state of Georgia is being created by utility Georgia Power and homebuilder PulteGroup, with each home equipped with solar PV, battery energy storage and other smart, clean and distributed energy resources. PulteGroup said the planned new … Continue reading Georgia Power offers up PV – plus – storage ‘smart neighbourhood’ of new houses for sale→
Time to flip the ‘off’ switch for Plant Vogtle This week, Georgia’s Public Service Commission will either deliver state consumers a welcome holiday gift or play the Grinch and stick them with a heftier bill to pay. The PSC’s five members are scheduled to decide at their meeting Thursday how to proceed with Georgia Power’s … Continue reading Time to flip the ‘off’ switch for Plant #Vogtle→