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Southern Company extends life of coal plants to power data centers, appears to abandon net zero goal

New filings in Mississippi and Georgia show Southern Company’s utility subsidiaries in those states are seeking to extend the life of three coal-fired power plants, jeopardizing the company’s ability to achieve the net-zero emissions target it promised to investors. The three plants are collectively rated at approximately 8,200 megawatts of coal-fired generating capacity. The three plants, Plant Daniel in Mississippi and Plants Bowen and Scherer…
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Energy and Policy Institute broke the news in on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
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