Georgia PSC Approves 3 New Gas-Fired Power Plants Near Atlanta

Yesterday, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted 5-0 to approve Georgia Power Co.'s plan to expand an existing power plant, called Plant Yates, by installing three new gas-fired units. Plant Yates is located on approximately 2,400 acres on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River in Coweta County, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta. Plant Yates originally operated seven coal-fired steam-generating units. Five of the units were retired in 2015 and the two largest units were converted from coal to natural gas and currently operate as a natural gas electric generation plant.

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