PSC sets hearings on Georgia Power plan for more capacity

Georgia energy regulators voted unanimously Tuesday to hold hearings this fall on a Georgia Power request to certify 9,900 megawatts of new power generating capacity environmentalists say would rely heavily on harmful fossil fuels.The plan calls for adding about 8,000 megawatts of capacity by building new gas-burning turbines at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen near Cartersville, Plant Wans...