Georgia Power News

Members of the environmental group the Sierra Club plan to use the Southern Company annual shareholder meeting today, May 22, as an opportunity to grill executives about construction overruns and renewable energy.

It's time for Smyrna Food Truck Tuesday again! The event is held from 5 to 9 p.m. at Taylor-Brawner Park , organized by the City of Smyrna in partnership with Georgia Power and Cobb Travel & Tourism .

Georgia Power contract workers will perform maintenance work on historic Green Street Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE will host its 5th annual A Tony Evening at the Woodruff Arts Center tonight, May 18, 2013.

Georgia Power Co. inked a deal with Rollcast Energy Inc. to add 53.5 megawatts of biomass capacity to its generation portfolio.

Tour: Georgia Power Building: 5:30-6:30 p.m.; winner of the Outstanding Stewardship award from the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation; the Georgia Power Building shows a company that has taken great pains to keep an important resource just as it is; the Georgia Power building on Prince Avenue is considered a landmark of mid-twentieth century ... (more)

Utilities are the classic "widow-and-orphan" stocks-meaning they are slow and steady providers of dependable income.

Front Row: Lisa Williams, Kathy Mathis and Amanda Carter. Back Row: Daniel Jackson, Academy Board Member and President/CEO of the Carroll County Chamber, Niki Knox of Georgia EMC, Noah Simon, Bill Irmscher, Ken Wright and Chuck Scragg of Georgia Power.

One statewide officeholder is using social media as a forum for discussion today with citizens who know the right "hashtag." Politicians have long held what they call town hall meetings that mimic the governing conferences small towns in the Northeast hold a few times yearly to decide community issues.

Unit 2 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., has safely resumed generating electricity following completion of a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by equities researchers at TheStreet in a report issued on Friday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.

The state Environmental Protection Division has issued an air permit to South Carolina-based Green Energy Partners LLC to build and operate a plant that will convert biomass into electricity.

One statewide officeholder is using social media as a forum for discussion with citizens who know the right "hashtag." Politicians have long held what they call town-hall meetings that mimic the governing conferences small towns in the Northeastern United States hold a few times yearly to decide community issues.

's stock had its "outperform" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at RBC Capital in a report released on Tuesday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

Power crews, police and firefighters scrambled overnight on Sunday to respond to a series of emergency calls about flooding, fallen trees and power outages after three days of steady rain.

The outcome of a $900 million dispute over the addition of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is of interest to more than just the companies involved, but those familiar with large construction projects predict it won't be over soon or very dramatic.

The Green Energy biomass plant proposed for Lithonia received its air quality permit to operate from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division on April 26.

Georgia Power officials say employee errors led to an explosion that rocked Plant Bowen in northwest Georgia.

Georgia Power has been named the overall national pledge leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of companywide efforts during the 2012 "Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR " campaign.

Coca-Cola , Exide, Home Depot , UPS , and Georgia Power are the 5 largest public companies in Georgia and 4 of them are promoting jobs on their web sites.