Georgia's main utility is blocking climate policy, report finds

Plant Scherer, Southern Company
In this July 10, 2007, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer in operation at Juliette, Ga, owned by Atlanta-based Southern Co. Kelli Williams, a former construction manager who worked on a $7.5 billion Kemper County power plant for Southern Co. Williams says Southern and its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. lied repeatedly about the plant’s cost overruns and spiraling delays. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)

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A new report finds Georgia Power’s parent company is actively working against public policy to address climate change — despite the company’s own announced clean energy goal.

The analysis, released last week by U.K. think tank InfluenceMap, looks at public statements and behind-the-scenes action on climate policy, like letters to lawmakers and testimony about legislation.