Georgia Power plans to close all of its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2035 and add more solar power.
The company filed its long-range energy plan with Georgia regulators on Monday. In the Integrated Resource Plan [IRP], which the company files every three years, Georgia Power lays out how much electricity demand it expects in the future, and how it plans to generate it.
The plan, from the state’s largest utility, has a bearing on how Georgia — which does not mandate renewable energy use — responds to climate change. The electricity sectors account for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, the second-largest contributor after transportation, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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