Full Title: Clean Energy Expansion: Recommendations for Georgia Power
Author(s): Tanya Stasio, Jordan Burt, and Elisabeth Seliga
Publisher(s): Applied Economics Clinic
Publication Date: May 9, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
This report reviews the Georgia clean energy policy landscape, assesses Georgia Power’s existing fossil fuel-fired power plants and reviews Georgia Power clean energy program offerings. AEC identifies several sites of Georgia Power-owned retired and operating fossil-fuel energy infrastructure and recommends that Georgia Power consider replacing these sites with clean energy sources such as a solar plus storage facility. In addition, AEC recommends the Company re-assess retirement plans for fossil fuel plants with higher environmental costs that are expected to operate past 2025. Lastly, AEC provides recommendations to expand Georgia Power’s clean energy program offerings and increase customer participation in its existing programs.