Georgia state regulators may stick with coal – despite Georgia Power's plan to shut it down

Georgia Power's Plant Bowen is a coal power station, shown here operating on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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When the Supreme Court ruled Thursday to limit the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants, a battle over the future of coal in Georgia was already playing out. 

The state’s largest electric utility wants to phase out its coal-fired power plants. But state regulators could put the brakes on that plan, prolonging their planet-warming emissions.