Georgia Coops No Longer Investing in Plant Washington

Power4Georgians has announced that Colorado-based private investment group Taylor Energy Fund LLC has assumed the cost of bringing a new coal-fired power plant, Plant Washington, to construction, relieving 10 Georgia coops of that obligation.  The 850-megawatt plant is estimated to cost $2.1 billion and would be the first coal-fired plant built in Georgia in more than a quarter century.  The plant has already received all of its state environmental permits, but the extent of its environmental requirements is not entirely clear.  Click here for more.

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