Regulators Approve $5.2B Mississippi-to-Georgia Gas Pipeline
The project will add about 1,500 megawatts of gas-fired capacity and 500 megawatts of battery storage as environmental groups appeal the air permit.
- On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the $1.7 billion Mississippi Crossing Project and $3.5 billion South System Expansion 4, authorizing natural gas infrastructure to supply growing energy markets in Georgia.
- Georgia Power is expanding generation at Plant Bowen and Yates Power Plant to meet surging demand from data centers, part of nearly 10,000 megawatts of new capacity approved by the Public Service Commission.
- Developer Kinder Morgan expects the project to create approximately 750 temporary jobs, while Southern Company received a $26.5 billion federal loan to support projects in Georgia and Alabama that will add over 16,000 megawatts of capacity.
- The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Sierra Club, is challenging the air permit for the Plant Bowen expansion, claiming increased pollution will violate air quality standards in the Atlanta area.
- Environmental groups and landowners argue the projects jeopardize ecosystems and lack adequate community consultation, while Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy James Danly cited economic growth as justification for increased energy demand.
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Mississippi Crossing Pipeline Spanning 10 Counties Approved for Construction
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the construction of a 208-mile gas pipeline through 10 Mississippi counties into Alabama. While the project manager touts the project’s safety and job creation , some warn of the pipeline’s environmental effects. The post Mississippi Crossing Pipeline Spanning 10 Counties Approved for Construction appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
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The Center SquareRegulators approve $5.2B Mississippi-to-Georgia gas pipeline
(The Center Square) - Federal regulators on Friday approved a combined multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline expansion crossing Mississippi and Alabama primarily intended to feed growing energy markets in Georgia.
Plant Bowen expansion moves forward despite pollution concerns
A major natural gas expansion at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen will hurt air quality in the Atlanta region, which is already struggling with ozone pollution, according to environmental groups challenging a state air permit for the project.
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Georgia Power breaks ground on natural gas expansion at Plant Bowen despite air pollution concerns
EUHARLEE, Ga. — A major natural gas expansion at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen will hurt air quality in the Atlanta region, which is already struggling with ozone pollution, according to environmental groups challenging a state air permit for the project.…
State regulator reviews OpenAI-Georgia Power contract
Georgia's Public Service Commission is reviewing OpenAI's electricity contract for a $20 billion data center in Effingham County. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.
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