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UPDATE: Mississippi Power names new president and CEO

05/21/2013

Mississippi Power elected G. Edison (Ed) Holland as president and CEO effective immediately after Ed Day announced his retirement.

FOE wins ASLB case; restart effort treated as nuclear license amendment

05/17/2013 he NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) has agreed with a Friends of the Earth (FOE) petition last year that restart proceedings for San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) Unit 2 s...

Georgia Power adds 53 MW of biomass capacity from Piedmont Green Power

05/14/2013

Georgia Power added 53.5 MW of new biomass capacity through a 20-year power purchase agreement with Rollcast Energy Inc.

VIDEO: Update on Vogtle nuclear construction

05/07/2013

Southern Co. has released a fresh look into the construction progress at Plant Vogtle in Georgia.

Georgia coal-fired power plant explosion caused by worker error

05/03/2013

A generator explosion last month at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen was caused by worker error and not equipment failure.

Mississippi Power requests $600mn for Kemper County IGCC plant

04/24/2013 Mississippi Power asked state regulators for an additional $600 million to build the Kemper County integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant, bringing the cost up to $3.42 billion.

Southern Co. unit buys 139 MW solar power plant

04/23/2013

A unit of Southern Co. bought the company's largest solar energy installation — the 139 MW Campo Verde Solar Project.

Georgia Power purchases 250 MW of wind energy

04/22/2013

Georgia Power signed an agreement with EDP Renewables North America to add 250 MW  of wind energy to its portfolio.

Farley nuclear Unit 2 taken offline for scheduled outage

04/15/2013

Southern Nuclear, a unit of Southern Co., took Unit 2 at the Joseph Farley nuclear power plant in Alabama offline on April 14 for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

Basemat concrete poured at Vogtle nuclear Unit 3

03/15/2013

Georgia Power, a unit of Southern Co., has completed the placement of basemat structural concrete for the nuclear island at its Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear expansion site.

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