Fresh Loaf » Utilities http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:01:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Report: Southern Co. to ’suffer most’ under climate bill http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/04/report-southern-co-to-suffer-most-under-proposed-climate-bill/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/04/report-southern-co-to-suffer-most-under-proposed-climate-bill/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:50:17 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=27129 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/04/report-southern-co-to-suffer-most-under-proposed-climate-bill/feed/ 1 Georgia Power's parent company tagged as hardest hit under pending federal legislation to curb impact of global warming Southern Co. pondering another new nuke plant in 2011 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/27/southern-co-pondering-another-new-nuke-plant-in-2011/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/27/southern-co-pondering-another-new-nuke-plant-in-2011/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:23:46 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22885 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/27/southern-co-pondering-another-new-nuke-plant-in-2011/feed/ 1 No location selected yet Ga. Public Service Commission announces nuke hearings dates http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/06/ga-public-service-commission-announces-nuke-hearings-dates/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/06/ga-public-service-commission-announces-nuke-hearings-dates/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:10:18 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11964 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/06/ga-public-service-commission-announces-nuke-hearings-dates/feed/ 0 Five-member commission will meet Monday, Jan. 12 to discuss two new reactors at Plant Vogtle. Angela Speir joins Georgia Watch http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/angela-speir-joins-georgia-watch/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/angela-speir-joins-georgia-watch/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:08:35 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11032 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/angela-speir-joins-georgia-watch/feed/ 4 Her term at its end, Georgia Public Service Commissioner long considered agency's most vocal consumer advocate joins...state's most well-known consumer advocacy group. Jimmy Carter endorses PSC Democratic candidate Jim Powell http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/21/jimmy-carter-endorses-psc-democrat-candidate-jim-powell/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/21/jimmy-carter-endorses-psc-democrat-candidate-jim-powell/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:16:20 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9623 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/21/jimmy-carter-endorses-psc-democrat-candidate-jim-powell/feed/ 3 Made endorsement yesterday after sit-down at Carter Center. Georgia Conservation Voters hit Bubba McDonald http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/19/georgia-conservation-voters-hit-bubba-mcdonald/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/19/georgia-conservation-voters-hit-bubba-mcdonald/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:56:24 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9448 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/19/georgia-conservation-voters-hit-bubba-mcdonald/feed/ 1 Nonprofit's political action committee lashes out against Republican candidate for Public Service Commission. Powell to face McDonald in Dec. 2 runoff http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/powell-to-face-mcdonald-in-dec-2-runoff/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/powell-to-face-mcdonald-in-dec-2-runoff/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:12:38 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8650 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/powell-to-face-mcdonald-in-dec-2-runoff/feed/ 0 Democratic Public Service Commission candidate Jim Powell is running almost even with Republican Lauren McDonald. This wasn't unexpected, but Powell's results are impressive considering all these obstacles he's had to overcome. PSC’s Angela Speir’s decision not to run means loss of voice for Georgians http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/pscs-angela-speirs-decision-not-to-run-means-loss-of-voice-for-georgians/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/pscs-angela-speirs-decision-not-to-run-means-loss-of-voice-for-georgians/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:06:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/pscs-angela-speirs-decision-not-to-run-means-loss-of-voice-for-georgians/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/pscs-angela-speirs-decision-not-to-run-means-loss-of-voice-for-georgians/feed/ 0 When Commissioner Angela Speir announced she would seek other opportunities after her term on the Public Service Commission ends and not seek re-election, it sent a sigh of chagrin throughout the public-interest community. “I think we’re losing a good one when she steps away,” says Bill Bozarth of Common Cause, a nonprofit group that focuses [...]