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various household supplies for tornado relief assembled by employees at Plant McDonough

Business May 7, 2021

Employees at Plant McDonough send supplies to Newnan tornado victims

Georgia Power announced that employees of Plant McDonough, located on the Chattahoochee River in Cobb County, provided tornado relief for the victims of the hurricane that struck Newnan and Coweta…

Georgia Power sign at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Cobb County accompanying article about restory power

Weather November 1, 2020

Georgia Power says electricity restored to more than 95 percent of customers

Georgia Power issued the following press release this morning with an update on the progress of restoring power to customers who lost electrical service due to Hurricane Zeta: 9:30 a.m….

Weather October 31, 2020

Georgia Power: 78,000 customers remain without power as of Saturday morning

Georgia Power distributed the following press release just after 9 a.m. Saturday morning updating the progress on returning power to those customers still without electricity due to Hurricane Zeta: Georgia…

Weather October 30, 2020

Georgia Power reports power restored to nearly 675,000 customers

Georgia Power reported in a press release this afternoon that power has been restored to nearly 675,000 customers, and they repeated their earlier estimate that power would be restored to…

Weather October 29, 2020

Georgia Power projects days of outage for some customers

Georgia Power issued a press release in which they project that power is expected “to be restored to 95% of customers impacted by Hurricane Zeta by Sunday night,” and that…

Weather October 29, 2020

Updated message from Georgia Power: 417k still without power, 280k restored

Georgia Power has issued a more recent update than the one in this article, which you can read by following this link. Georgia Power distributed the following press release at…

coal ash, Environment February 3, 2020

Bill would require Georgia Power to place coal ash in lined pits

Georgia Power will have to come up with a new plan for its coal ash if a new bill filed in the Georgia House passes. Georgia law does not currently…

coal ash, Environment January 8, 2020

Georgia Power issues request for proposals for coal ash reuse

Georgia Power announced in a press release that it is accepting bids for “the beneficial reuse of coal ash stored at active and retired coal-fired power plants across the state.”…

Stephen Stetson of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign referred to Georgia Power’s plan as “cap and run.” (photo by Rebecca Gaunt)

coal ash, Environment August 8, 2019

Environmentalists push EPA for change in Georgia’s “flawed” coal ash program

The state has applied to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over handling of its coal ash, but environmental groups are warning that not only is Georgia’s Environmental Protection…

coal ash, Environment July 19, 2019

Environmental groups warn coal ash is contaminating groundwater in Cobb County

Environmental groups are warning the public that coal ash, the toxic waste left after burning coal for electricity, is not being stored safely in Cobb County and they need the…

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