(AJC) — State officials have approved $86 million in funding for nine projects meant to finance water and sewer projects across Georgia. Gov. Sonny Perdue and other leaders say fixing leaking water systems and upgrading wastewater treatment plants will help solve Georgia’s water woes. The state is locked in a long-running feud with neighboring Alabama […]
(Washington Examiner) – Hundreds of Marylanders packed into a large conference room in Rockville Monday night for a chance to scold Pepco about its poor service. “This is not just a failure to communicate. This is a failure to plan, a failure to invest, a failure to perform. It’s incompetence of management and there is […]
(AJC) — Bryan Sung got a surprise Thursday when he opened his mailbox and got out his Atlanta water bill. It was for $79.37. Manageable for a single man who lives alone, but still way higher than the $20 he usually paid. “I have a pool that I don’t use. I have sprinkler system and […]
(AJC) — Atlanta Gas Light will argue its case for a 14 percent rate hike Tuesday at the state Public Service Commission, kicking off a season of debate over rising utility costs. In the next five months, the commission will rule on rate increases for both AGL and Georgia Power. AGL is asking for $54 […]
(AJC) — State utility regulators are taking the Atlanta Gas Light and Georgia Power rate increase requests on the road. In an unusual move, the Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to hold four public hearings apiece on the requests to hear from the two utilities’ customers. The hearings will be in addition to PSC’s regular […]
(NYT) — From the 19th floor of Consolidated Edison’s headquarters in Manhattan, generators were dispatched to supplement a burning substation. Emergency alerts were relayed to major customers and companies. The go-ahead was given to cancel Little League night games on Staten Island to conserve the wattage used by field lights. Con Edison, with an ability […]
(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — Georgia Power Co. proposed a $615 million rate increase Thursday that would hike monthly rates for the average business by 7.7 percent to 10.3 percent beginning in January and drive up the average residential customer’s bill by 10.1 percent, or $10.88 per month. Additional increases the utility is seeking for 2012 and […]