Add It Up: Old King Coal
May 5, 2008 at 5:22 am by Thomas Wheatley in Add it upCost of one ton of Appalachian coal in 2007: $40
Cost of one ton of Appalachian coal in 2008: $90
Percentage of electricity price increase Georgia Power recently requested from the state Public Services Commission: 3
Number of times Georgia Power has requested rate increases during the past five years: 5
Amount Georgia Power parent company, Southern Co., spent on government lobbying in 2007: $14.5 million
Number of new coal plants planned for Georgia: 2 Amount of energy, in megawatts, the two coal power plants can produce: 2,050
Amount of energy, in megawatts, that one wind turbine among many located off the Georgia coast could generate in clean energy: 160
Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Augusta Chronicle, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Public Service Commission, Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, OpenSecrets.org
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