Georgia Power Company

The second of two new nuclear reactors for the Georgia Power Company’s number four unit at Plant Vogtle has entered commercial operation. Utilities in parts of Alabama as well as Jacksonville, Florida, as well as in the Florida Panhandle also have contracted to buy Vogtle's power.

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.

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.

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.

A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month.