Google, Georgia Power Have Deal to Support Nuclear Power Plant Uprates
Source: POWER Magazine ·
Electric utility Georgia Power and tech giant Google said the companies have an agreement under which Google will support power uprates at two of the utility's nuclear power plants.
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Electric utility Georgia Power and tech giant Google said the companies have an agreement under which Google will support power uprates at two of the utility’s nuclear power plants. The groups on September 21 said the moves would add some 96 MW of power generation capacity to Georgia’s power grid. The deal, which must be approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), involves extended power uprates for units at Plant Vogtle and Plant Hatch that are owned by Georgia Power. The utility filed documents Monday with the state PSC that include a new nuclear uprate tariff structure, along with a request to approve an extended power uprate (EPU) for Units 1 and 2 at Hatch, located in Baxley about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta. An EPU for Units 1 and 2 at Vogtle, located near Waynesboro, just more than 150 miles east of Atlanta, was approved by the PSC as part of Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan. The utility on Monday said the deal could generate about $900 million in…