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Ga. Power bill would benefit shareholders first

February 24, 2009 at 9:42 am by Thomas Wheatley in News

Surprise, surprise.

Most of the $1.6 billion in early financing fees that Georgia Power wants to charge customers for additional nuclear reactors would go to the company’s shareholders, and not to finance debt.

State Rep. Don Wix, D-Mableton, tried and failed to amend that bill to exclude the $1 billion he estimated would flow to shareholders, if SB 31 is passed.

Georgia Power comptroller Ann Daiss later called Wix’s calculations “reasonable.”

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