ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that the plan is needed to meet projected demand from data centers. It would be one of the biggest build-outs in the U.S. to meet the insatiable electricity demand from developers of artificial intelligence.
State regulators approved on April 16 Georgia Power plans to build three gas and oil turbines at Plant Yates in Coweta County. Clean energy groups are outspoken about the company's plans to bring in new fossil fuel generators.
Georgia's only private electric utility will spend more than $16 billion to boost its power capacity by 50%. Utility regulators approved the plan Friday.
Georgia Power says the new turbines will help meet increasing electricity demand in metro Atlanta, driven in part by the expansion of data centers across the region. Those developments have sparked pushback from some communities, with residents raising concerns about noise, land use, and the strain on local power supplies.
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The plan keeps coal-fired power plants and natural gas plants in operation, but there are rolling commitments to retire coal-burning power plants and convert plants over to methane gas.
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Georgia''s only private electric utility will spend more than $16 billion to boost its power capacity by 50%. Utility regulators approved the plan Friday.
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