Georgia wanted to attract more data centers. Now it needs more power
Last fall, the state’s largest electric utility — Georgia Power — came to regulators with a surprising request.Just months after placing the country’s first new nuclear reactor in decades into service, the company said it already needed to make more electricity, and fast.Georgia Power said a wave of economic development of “unprecedented magnitude and speed” is heading for the state. To meet the coming demand, it wants to add huge amounts of new capacity, mostly powered by fossil fuels.Incoming ...
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