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However, on March 1, 2010 it was announced that Southern Company had abandoned its $700 million carbon capture project at the Barry Steam Plant. Company spokesperson Steve Higginbottom said, "It's really about the efficient deployment of resources. Really, we felt it was in the best interest of our customers and shareholders to not move forward with the expanded CCS project at Plant Barry." He added, "The current economic conditions also factored into the decision."<ref>[http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/southern-company-no-ccs-alabama.php,"] Daniel Kessler Treehugger.com March, 1 2010.</ref>
Later in September 2010, Southern Company reported that they had captured carbon emissions at its [[Yates Steam Generating Plant]] for the first time and then released it during a pilot project. The technology uses a solvent to remove carbon gas from emissions. The company stated that while the they released the captured carbon at Yates, it will be catching carbon and storing it underground at its [[Barry Steam Plant]] in 2011.<ref>[http://www.ajc.com/business/southern-captures-carbon-emissions-620125.html "Southern captures carbon emissions for first time"] Margaret Newkirk, ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' September 23, 2010</ref> ==Legislative issues=='''House Bill 276''', proposed by Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur), would put a 5-year moratorium on building new coal plants and eliminate the burning of Appalachian coal mined by [[Mountaintop removal|mountaintop removal]] by mid-2016.The Appalachian Mountain Preservation Act would gradually prohibit Georgia coal consumers from using Central Appalachian mountaintop removal beginning in 2011. The bill is backed by environmental groups including [[Appalachian Voices]] but received strong opposition from [[POWER4Georgians]], a coalition of 10 electric co-operatives seeking to build a $2 billion 850-megawatt supercritical [[Washington Plant|coal plant in Washington County]].<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE5130E720090204 "Georgia bill proposes moratorium on new coal plants,"] Reuters, February 4, 2009.</ref><ref>Margaret Newkirk, [http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2009/02/04/legcoal0204.html "Bill would restrict coal power plants,"] ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', February 4, 2009.</ref> ==Citizen groups=={{#evp:youtube|QAWk8194D3U|Focus the Nation: Valdosta State University|right|300}}*[http://cleanpower4georgians.com/ CleanPower4Georgians]*[http://www.facenvironment.org/ Fall-line Alliance for Clean Environment]*[http://www.focusthenation.org/ Focus the Nation]*[[Friends of the Chattahoochee]]*[[GreenLaw]]*[http://georgia.sierraclub.org/ Sierra Club Georgia Chapter]*[http://www.co-opconversations.org/UnitedStates/Georgia/ Co-op Conversations Georgia]*[http://www.cobbemcwatch.org/ Cobb Alliance for Smart Energy]
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