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A Gulf Coast Environmental Group says Alabama Power’s recent announcement to recycle coal ash into cement won’t put an end to its work. The Coal Ash Action Group, featured in APR’s investigative report “Bad Chemistry,” says it will stay vigilant as long as it believes Mobile Bay is at risk.
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Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia, utilities said Thursday, putting the reactor on a path to begin generating electricity in the coming months. Some Florida and Alabama utilities have also contracted to buy Vogtle's power.
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Utilities in Georgia, Florida and Alabama are buying the electricity from a new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia. Plant Vogtle is the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.
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Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that Georgia Power Company and its co-owners can begin loading fuel into unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta. Some Alabama and Florida utilities have also contracted to buy Vogtle's power.
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Expert findings suggest Alabamians pay the most for their monthly electrical bills. Personal finance website WalletHub released a national study examining the total monthly energy bills in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Millions of Americans have already been sweltering through heat waves this summer, and forecasters warn of hot months ahead. July 3 and 4, 2023, were two of the hottest days, and possibly the hottest, on satellite record globally. For people who struggle to afford air conditioning, the rising need for cooling is a growing crisis. An alarming number of Americans risk losing access to utility service altogether because they can't pay their bills. Alabama ranks high for this.
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An Alabama school county is waiting to hear their name called for a potential grant. Chilton County Schools have applied for a grant from Alabama Power for a project to reduce energy spending in the county schools
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One Alabama county was hit hard by early morning blackouts from the bomb cyclone of arctic weather.
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PARRISH, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Power Company has agreed to pay about $222,000 to settle a chemical spill and fish kill.News outlets report the amount…
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Thousands of people are without power in northern and central Alabama after waves of severe storms crossed the state.Alabama Power Co. says about 20,100…