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{{CoalSwarm}}'''Georgia Power''' describes itself as "an investor-owned, tax-paying utility that serves 2.25 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties."  It is the largest of four electric utilities comprising [[Southern Company]].<ref>[http://www.georgiapower.com/about/home.asp Georgia Power: About Us"], Georgia Power website, accessed July 2009.</ref>
 
{{CoalSwarm}}'''Georgia Power''' describes itself as "an investor-owned, tax-paying utility that serves 2.25 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties."  It is the largest of four electric utilities comprising [[Southern Company]].<ref>[http://www.georgiapower.com/about/home.asp Georgia Power: About Us"], Georgia Power website, accessed July 2009.</ref>
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In 2006 the [[Savannah Electric & Power Company]], a separate subsidiary of [[Southern Company]], was merged into Georgia Power.
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=== Transmission System ===
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Georgia Power utilizes transmission lines carrying 115,00 volts, 230,000 volts and 500,000 volts. Georgia Power has interconnections with the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] to the north, [[Alabama Power Company]] to the west, [[South Carolina Gas and Electric]] and [[Duke Energy]] to the east, and [[Florida Power and Light]] to the south.
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== Georgia Power and Coal ==
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Georgia Power operates [[Scherer Steam Generating Station]]. In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of [[Coal waste|coal combustion waste]] (CCW) stored in surface impoundments like the one involved in the [[TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill]].<ref name="iss">Sue Sturgis, [http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/01/coals-ticking-timebomb-could-disaster-strike-a-coal-ash-dump-near-you.html "Coal's ticking timebomb: Could disaster strike a coal ash dump near you?,"] Institute for Southern Studies, January 4, 2009.</ref> The data came from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for 2006, the most recent year available.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/ TRI Explorer,] EPA, accessed January 2009.</ref>
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Georgia Power  asked the state's public service commission for approval to convert the coal-fired [[Plant Mitchell]] to run on wood fuel. If approved, the retrofit will begin in 2011 and the biomass plant will start operating in mid-2012. The 96-MW biomass plant will run on surplus wood from suppliers within a 100-mile radius of the plant, which is located near Albany, Georgia.
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==Generating facilities==
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Georgia Power owns and operates  14 fossil fueled generating plants, 20 hydroelectric dams, and two nuclear power plants, which provide electricity to more than 2 million customers. <ref>http://www.georgiapower.com/about/plants.asp</ref>
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===Fossil fuel power plants===
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!Plant||Nearest City||Number of Units||Capacity
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| [[Bowen Steam Plant]]||Cartersville, Georgia|| 4 || 3,160,000 kW
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| [[Harllee Branch Generating Plant]]||Milledgeville, Georgia|| 4 || 1,539,700 kW
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| [[William P. Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant]]||Rome, Georgia|| 1 ||800,000 kW
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| [[Kraft Plant]]||Savannah, Georgia|| 4 || 281,136 kW
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| John J. [[McDonough Steam Generating Plant]]||Smyrna, Georgia|| 2 || 490,000 kW
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| [[McIntosh Power Plant]]||Savannah, Georgia|| 9 || 810,000 kW
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| [[McIntosh Steam Plant]]||Rincon, Georgia|| 2 || 1,240,000 kW
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| [[Mitchell Plant]]||Brunswick, Georgia|| 2 || 596,000 kW
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| W. E. Mitchell Steam-Electric Generating Plant||Albany, Georgia|| 4 || 243,000 kW
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| Robins Steam-Electric Generating Plant||Warner Robins, Georgia|| 2 || 166,000 kW
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| [[Scherer Steam Generating Station]]||Juliette, Georgia|| 4 || 3,272,000 kW
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| [[Wansley Plant]]||Carrollton, Georgia|| 2 || 951,872 kW
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| Allen B. Wilson Combustion Turbine Plant||Waynesboro, Georgia|| || 354,100 kW
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| [[Yates Steam Generating Plant]]||Newnan, Georgia|| 7 || 1,250,000 kW
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|}
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Revision as of 23:16, 24 August 2009

Georgia Power describes itself as "an investor-owned, tax-paying utility that serves 2.25 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties." It is the largest of four electric utilities comprising Southern Company.[1]

In 2006 the Savannah Electric & Power Company, a separate subsidiary of Southern Company, was merged into Georgia Power.

Transmission System

Georgia Power utilizes transmission lines carrying 115,00 volts, 230,000 volts and 500,000 volts. Georgia Power has interconnections with the Tennessee Valley Authority to the north, Alabama Power Company to the west, South Carolina Gas and Electric and Duke Energy to the east, and Florida Power and Light to the south.

Georgia Power and Coal

Georgia Power operates Scherer Steam Generating Station. In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of coal combustion waste (CCW) stored in surface impoundments like the one involved in the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill.[2] The data came from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for 2006, the most recent year available.[3]

Georgia Power asked the state's public service commission for approval to convert the coal-fired Plant Mitchell to run on wood fuel. If approved, the retrofit will begin in 2011 and the biomass plant will start operating in mid-2012. The 96-MW biomass plant will run on surplus wood from suppliers within a 100-mile radius of the plant, which is located near Albany, Georgia.

Generating facilities

Georgia Power owns and operates 14 fossil fueled generating plants, 20 hydroelectric dams, and two nuclear power plants, which provide electricity to more than 2 million customers. [4]


Fossil fuel power plants

Plant Nearest City Number of Units Capacity
Bowen Steam Plant Cartersville, Georgia 4 3,160,000 kW
Harllee Branch Generating Plant Milledgeville, Georgia 4 1,539,700 kW
William P. Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant Rome, Georgia 1 800,000 kW
Kraft Plant Savannah, Georgia 4 281,136 kW
John J. McDonough Steam Generating Plant Smyrna, Georgia 2 490,000 kW
McIntosh Power Plant Savannah, Georgia 9 810,000 kW
McIntosh Steam Plant Rincon, Georgia 2 1,240,000 kW
Mitchell Plant Brunswick, Georgia 2 596,000 kW
W. E. Mitchell Steam-Electric Generating Plant Albany, Georgia 4 243,000 kW
Robins Steam-Electric Generating Plant Warner Robins, Georgia 2 166,000 kW
Scherer Steam Generating Station Juliette, Georgia 4 3,272,000 kW
Wansley Plant Carrollton, Georgia 2 951,872 kW
Allen B. Wilson Combustion Turbine Plant Waynesboro, Georgia 354,100 kW
Yates Steam Generating Plant Newnan, Georgia 7 1,250,000 kW


Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

References

  1. ↑ Georgia Power: About Us", Georgia Power website, accessed July 2009.
  2. ↑ Sue Sturgis, "Coal's ticking timebomb: Could disaster strike a coal ash dump near you?," Institute for Southern Studies, January 4, 2009.
  3. ↑ TRI Explorer, EPA, accessed January 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.georgiapower.com/about/plants.asp

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