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Southern Co. expects to face environmental challenges

ATLANTA ? Members of the environmental group the Sierra Club plan to use Wednesday's Southern Co. annual shareholder meeting as an opportunity to grill executives about construction overruns and renewable energy.Annual corporate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/southern-co-expects-enviro
CEO says Vogtle overruns won't hit customers

...at Plant Vogtle won't make a significant impact on customers' monthly power bills, the chief executive officer of Southern Co. said Thursday. The company's Georgia Power subsidiary has reported to regulators that construction spending is...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-05-16/ceo-says-vo
Feds probe nuclear contractor over falsified records

...happen again."Problems at the facility prompted the Southern Co. to stop shipments of parts from the factory to its...their own employees to monitor progress at the facility.Southern Co. "has been in contact with the NRC to fully understand...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-08/feds-probe-nuclear-contractor
More than 1,000 veterans turn out for job fair

...the 60 companies in attendance were IBM, Comcast and Southern Co., which was looking for as many as 10 truck operators...and guide them into rewarding energy careers," said Southern Co. recruiter Linda Sykes. "They are best able to fill...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-07/more-1000-veterans-turn-ou
Plant Vogtle's spent fuel storage site delayed till October

...Many commercial nuclear plant operators, however, have lobbied for reinstatement of the Yucca Mountain project.Southern Co. executives who testified before a Blue Ribbon Commission exploring spent fuel disposal alternatives said its customers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-30/plant-vogtles-spent-fuel-stor
Georgia Power study helps gauge solar energy potential

...the year as EPRI finalizes their research," Boatright said, adding that the solar panels in Augusta and other venues will remain installed and operational, leaving Georgia Power and Southern Co. with options for ongoing and future research.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-04/georgia-power-study-helps-gau
New Plant Vogtle reactor will likely be a year late, monitor says

...state-hired monitor.Atlanta-based Southern Co. and its partners are spending...the second reactor a year later.Southern Co. officials have said that schedule...president of nuclear development at Southern Co., said during a tour of the construction...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-12/new-plant-vogtle-reactor-will
Southern Co. building coal-fired power plant

...the amount of a financial allocation to Plant Vogtle. Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power is contributing $6.2 billion...of east Mississippi, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. is pouring billions of dollars into construction of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-28/southern-co-building-coal-fir
Georgia Power set to release energy plan

...week.The utility, a division of the Atlanta-based Southern Co., is set to release a 20-year energy plan on Thursday...but that is down to 47 percent.The change comes as Southern Co. and other utilities are being pushed to rely less on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-27/georgia-power-set-release-ene
Federal loan for Vogtle expansion still on table

...government's 2010 offer of up to $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees to help finance two new nuclear reactors.Southern Co. ? whose subsidiary Georgia Power owns a 45.7 percent stake in the $14 billion project ? made the disclosure during...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-04/federal-loan-vogtle-expansion