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Georgia Power has requested certification from state energy regulators for 9,900 megawatts of new energy resources, including power-purchase agreements, natural gas generation, battery energy storage systems, and solar projects.
Georgia Power seeks to add 9,900 megawatts of new energy resources through a variety of projects. The projects include natural gas generation, battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar power, and power-purchase agreements. The proposal incorporates projects from the 2022 and 2025 Integrated Resource Plans.
Georgia Power asked state energy regulators Thursday to certify 9,900 megawatts of new energy resources that would come from a variety of power-generating projects.
In a filing with the Georgia Public Service Commission, the Atlanta-based utility proposed projects the PSC already has approved in Georgia Power’s last two Integrated Resource plans (IRPs), which the company submits every three years outlining the mix of energy sources it intends to rely on for power generation during the coming years.
The list of projects includes previously approved new gas turbines to be built at Georgia Power's Plant Yates near Newnan and Plant McIntosh near Savannah as well as a request for five additional turbines - two at Plant Bowen near Cartersville, two at Plant Wansley in Heard County, and one at Plant McIntosh.
Georgia Power also is requesting approval of two new state-of-the-art solar systems paired with BESS. Those would be located in Laurens County and at the site of the former Plant Mitchell in Dougherty County. The PSC will hold hearings on the two certification requests in October and early December, with a vote set for Dec. 19.
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