Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle, a slam-dunk 2 weeks ago, now looks like an own-goal

By Jonathan Grant On Twitter: @Brambleman  We may be seeing the Plant Vogtle expansion dying before our eyes. Jacksonville Electric Authority wants out. Georgia’s muncipal electrics and EMCs want Georgia Power’s customers to shoulder cost overruns, of which there will be many. The PSC staff says Vogtle shouldn’t be completed unless shareholders assume the risk. The PSC wants to vote “go” or “no-go” before the end of the year, because cancellation carries $150 million in tax benefits.   Here’s the latest.

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Georgia PSC chairman Stan Wise hates John @NoelforPSC and showed it

John Noel showed up to speak at a Georgia Public Service Commission meeting today, ready to talk solar and conservation but mainly no Vogtle. He was not allowed. So he look a picture (above). Vogtle is the subject up for debate at the commission. The commissioners haven’t really been debating Vogtle, of course. Shoulda, but instead the five merry Republicans have been rubber-stamping utility requests like Harpo Marx. Commissioners are so deep in bed with Georgia Power/Vogtle that they’ve been reaching over and shutting off the company’s alarm clock every morning for years. Now, a wake-up call. Or two. Hell, make it twenty-five billion. Despite gaming the system completely and constantly getting its way at the Commission and Georgia General Assembly, Southern Company…

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Atlanta media cover boring DeKalb BOE meeting because Mary Norwood

So I went to the DeKalb Board of Elections today and it was the most boring meeting ever. How boring? It took them twenty minutes past start time to muster a quorum! But the news media showed up–five reporters, including three TV crews. The BOE was certifying the election results from last Tuesday, and sad mayoral candidate Mary Norwood was there. As part of her recount strategy, I guess. I’d never met her before, so I said Hey. I don’t live in Atlanta, or Atlanta in DeKalb, just DeKalb. Anyway, they certified, which is housekeeping, and Mary Norwood talked to the cameras and the media covered … well, nothing, really. During public comments, I took the floor and told them about how…

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Hall County official filmed sex acts with unresponsive men

Photo: David Kimbrell/Channel 2 Action News The victims in this case don’t want to step up and press charges. Perhaps this case will help some men finally see why women might want to have remained silent, as well. People can feel stigmatized from being a victim. Shouldn’t, but they do. From the AJC: A fired Hall County official won’t face charges despite detectives discovering videos of him performing sex acts on men who appeared unresponsive and denied having a consensual, sexual relationship with him, authorities said. On two occasions, former Hall County emergency management director David Kimbrell is accused of filming himself performing oral sex on two men while they were drunk or unresponsive, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The…

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Say goodbye to the formerly funny guy

By Jonathan Grant @Brambleman Schumer’s statement makes it clear that Al Franken will resign his Senate seat.  In the midst of Senators, mostly women and then men, abandoning him, this came out in The Atlantic: “I Believe Franken’s Accusers Because He Groped Me, Too” So … goodbye. I was only halfway through his audiobook, Giant of the Senate, but now I know how the story ends. And I don’t get my money back. Sad. Even not-yet Sen. Doug Jones has joined the crowd. His statement: “Senator Franken should resign. This is not a partisan issue. Roy Moore should stop changing his story, stop calling the women he abused as young girls liars and own up to what he’s done.” Democratic Sens. Gillibrand, Hirono,…

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