Did Georgia regulators break the rules when they decided last year to allow construction to continue at the only nuclear power construction project in the country? That’s the question in a case in Fulton County concerning the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle.
Just before Christmas last year, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted to keep the Plant Vogtle project going. The vote came after the lead contractor had gone bankrupt, causing costs to rise and timelines to slip even more than they already had.
At a hearing in Fulton County Superior Court on Wednesday, lawyers for Georgia Watch, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light and the Partnership for Southern Equity argued that the members of the Public Service Commission didn’t follow the process that they should have in making that decision, and that’s costing consumers money, because Georgia Power customers pay for the project on their monthly electric bills.
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