For the second year in a row, Republican state Sen. Lindsey Tippins is hoping to exempt Georgia’s public schools and state charters from paying the Nuclear Construction Cost Recovery tariff, which covers financing costs for Plant Vogtle.
Vogtle is the nuclear power plant under construction near Augusta that’s about double its original budget and years behind schedule. It’s the only nuclear power plant under construction in the country. Since 2011, Georgia Power has collected about $2.5 billion from the tariff, which all Georgia Power customers pay.
Tippins introduced the bill last year, and it never got a hearing, but he’s trying again this year.
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