In Georgia, Georgia Recorder reported that Georgia regulators have signed off on a controversial Georgia Power plan to build new biomass power plants that will burn wood waste other organic material to generate electricity.
With a 4-1 vote, the Georgia Public Service Commission endorsed Georgia Power’s plans to add nearly 80 megawatts of biomass energy, a move that critics contend will result in extensive cost overruns affecting ratepayers for several decades to come, according to the report.
The state regulatory body approved agreements for Georgia Power to purchase biomass energy from three facilities that will convert wood chips and other waste from timber and paper mills into enough electricity to power thousands of homes and businesses, the report added.
The two other agreements are 10-year contracts with International Paper for a total of 8 megawatts of biomass that would burn paper mill waste and materials at existing facilities located in Macon County in south Georgia and Chatham County on the coast.
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Tags: biomass energy, Georgia, Georgia Power
Category: Policy
