


Sonny Perdue signs a law allowing Georgia Power to make customers pay financing costs during construction. The reactors are supposed to cost $14 billion and be complete by 2017.Ģ009: The Georgia Public Service Commission approves Georgia Power’s request to begin construction. Georgia Power asks public service commissioners to approve plans after co-owners Oglethorpe Power Corp., Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and the city of Dalton join the project. Summer plant near Columbia, South Carolina. also asks to build two new reactors at the V.C.
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seeks a license for Vogtle from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Westinghouse signs a contract to build AP1000 reactors in China.Ģ008: Southern Co.

No competing generators offer bids for long-term contracts. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman promises $2 billion in incentives for new reactors nationwide in a speech at Georgia Power headquarters.Ģ007: The Georgia Public Service Commission says Georgia Power can build two new reactors at Vogtle, but only if finds no cheaper options. picks Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor design and applies for an early site permit days after U.S. announced that it’s evaluating the Vogtle site for new reactors, saying it believes Georgia will need more electrical generation in the future.Ģ006: Southern Co.
